chickens that quack.....

[beeksnfeet]

I have 3 Buff Orpingtons and 2 White Plymouth rocks that are 16 weeks old. They never seemed to peep or cluck. They sound like old men grumbling amoung each other and the smallest Buff, Agnes, sounds like she is, well, quacking! Just like a duck. Sorta reminds me of a kid with a cold if you want to know the truth. This is not new. I noticed it when she was a tiny chick. They do make pretty sounds like morning doves, but none ever seem to cluck. Is this the norm for some chickens or will they change? It is comical tho, especially when they see butterflies around the out side of the run. They 'follow' them along the fence and just grumble!

 

[Whittni]

Vid-i-eo. Video. Video.

 

[beeksnfeet]

Wish I had a video camera but I don't! That would really help explain to others what I mean......

 

[tlpounds]

Some of my chickens sound more like ducks than chickens, and then I have 2 that like to bark like a dog. It's the weirdest sounding back yard ever. LOL!

 

[mommy of two]

Our barred rock hen sounds like a duck too!! She is our only one that sounds like that out of our other 8 hens!

 

[beeksnfeet]

It sure is good to hear others have strange sounding chickens too! At first it kind of makes you think about what you just heard. The funny thing is, it's the smallest of my Buff Orps doing it. What's funny about the sound is how deep it is. I swear it's like a kid with a cold! Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone!

 

[chickiegrrl]

Our girls sound like they have head colds. They all sound kind of quacky. Then we have one that makes a "beep" noise and our Black Australorp sounds like she's saying, "Help" in a monotone robot voice. It's very entertaining when they get excited.

 

[DLV58]

Hi, 2 days ago my 10 week old Welsummer started honking at me...she really said honk, she does it 3 or 4 times in a row

 

[KrazyChromatics]

i have a hen that honks/quacks all the time, and i have a new roo that sounds like a aggressive dog barking fast lol... even made my dog cock his head like "whad u say to me bird?" if hes not "crowing" he will make a single loud "Bark!" scares the crap outta me im not used to it yet lol he should make a good free range watch bird lol

 

[KFCCHICKENUTAH]

My meat chickens were all out and about and finally I turned to them and said "are you chickens or ducks?" quit quacking. It was really annoying.