Chicken making a funny sound

[ninajones77]

Hi, my chicken is just over 12 weeks (12 weeks and 2 days) and it's just starting making a funny honking sound kind of like a goose!!!! Just started on Saturday. Only a few "honks" then nothing
Any ideas???

 

[animalgrl]

Hi, my chicken is just over 12 weeks (12 weeks and 2 days) and it's just starting making a funny honking sound kind of like a goose!!!! Just started on Saturday. Only a few "honks" then nothing
Any ideas???

Some of them just make that sound. I had a Cuckoo Marans that only made the honking noise, and no regular chicken noises for the better part of a year. She eventually started making more typical chicken noises, but she would still honk every once in awhile. Some of them just like to be different, I guess.

 

[ninajones77]

Oooooo thank you that's interesting. Being still young I havnt sexed them yet , I hope it doesn't mean a cockerel

 

[aart]

That honking stage cracks me up....in the period between cheeping and clucking.
Nothing to worry about.

Do you only have one bird?
Gender is usually pretty obvious by 5-6 weeks on most breeds.

 

[ninajones77]

I have 4. The honking one is a brown Sussex and the others are silkies and a peking

 

[aart]

I have 4. The honking one is a brown Sussex and the others are silkies and a peking

That looks like a cockerel to me...strong red for 12 weeks.