Croaky Voice?

[BunnyChickenMomma]

Hi, All!

My sweet baby Rosemary has a voice like a goose who has been chain-smoking her whole life. It has been this way for a few weeks (my pullets are just turning 17 weeks old). The other chickens sound nothing like her. I'm including a link to a video (the longest I could get - she never stops talking but clammed up when my phone comes out ). Let me know if it doesn't work! Could she have something blocking her throat? She loves to forage - is this what grass stuck in a crop sounds like? Or is this a normal chicken sound?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/NKyz3hph8f5feUD36

I'm a new chicken momma and I appreciate the insight. She has her normal energy, eats voraciously, and seems fine otherwise.

 

[Theorrin]

she could just have a deeper voice? ive got a few hens that sound absolutely dreadful

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I'm a new chicken momma and I appreciate the insight. She has her normal energy, eats voraciously, and seems fine otherwise.

That's the I'm getting closer to laying eggs, mature voice.. chatting!

 

[BurbCoop]

Our Prairie Bluebell has the most raspy voice of any hen we’ve ever had, and we’ve had a few with some rough voices.

Every time she carries on, all I can envision is a burned down cigarette being held between two wing feathers. (sorry smokers)

^ She looks at me with that expression too

 

[BunnyChickenMomma]

I got some better videos this morning. Gosh, she squeak/croaks and honks at the end. Sure it's not a respiratory infection? Sorry. I'm just a new momma worried about her baby. She's my snuggly girl who hops up my lap and nuzzles her head into the crook of my arm. I just want to make sure she's okay. Thanks.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JjW8DxJLrcDJEiJUA