do chickens talk back ?

[NinjaGamer2022]

I know this may sound weird but do chickens talk back or talk with us? whenever mine see me (the ones that i raised from when they were baby chicks not the older ones in the flock) walk up to me and start making small clucking noises and look at me and like tilt their head or if I talk first they reply and they come up close and look at me and sometimes try to eat things off me or rub their beak on me or sit across me and do small clucking noises I can’t tell if this is normal for chickens or if they’re communicating something but advice would be super helpful ty the cockerels do this too not just the pullets if that helps

I have chickens that do that, most noticeably my Silver Duckwing OEGB hen.

 

[NinjaGamer2022]

Mine do, especially the older they get. They full on run to me when I hope the back door.

Mine do as well, including flying up on me. They're very sweet.

 

[MaddChickens]

I have a GLW hen, Sunny, who likes to jump up onto a swing-chair that's down in the coop, especially if I'm sitting on it. She will then proceed to make this "Wraak Wrak Wrak Wraaaak" call, like she's scolding me for not bringing down food.

 

[featherhead007]

Some do, yes. I have a chatterbox that sometimes follows me around and just squawks loudly (a few others do it, but with much softer sounds). Her worst habit is sometimes if hubby and I are both out there and talking to each other, she'll decide to join in the conversation - if we tell her "Enough!" or yell her name, she'll hop up on a roost so she can scream louder and closer to eardrum height, until it's impossible to talk at all.

That bird, must be heard!

 

[RoyalChick]

I know this may sound weird but do chickens talk back or talk with us? whenever mine see me (the ones that i raised from when they were baby chicks not the older ones in the flock) walk up to me and start making small clucking noises and look at me and like tilt their head or if I talk first they reply and they come up close and look at me and sometimes try to eat things off me or rub their beak on me or sit across me and do small clucking noises I can’t tell if this is normal for chickens or if they’re communicating something but advice would be super helpful ty the cockerels do this too not just the pullets if that helps

Yes. They have a lot to say. One of mine is particularly opinionated on pretty much any topic we talk about.

 

[Firsttimehens1234]

I know this may sound weird but do chickens talk back or talk with us? whenever mine see me (the ones that i raised from when they were baby chicks not the older ones in the flock) walk up to me and start making small clucking noises and look at me and like tilt their head or if I talk first they reply and they come up close and look at me and sometimes try to eat things off me or rub their beak on me or sit across me and do small clucking noises I can’t tell if this is normal for chickens or if they’re communicating something but advice would be super helpful ty the cockerels do this too not just the pullets if that helps

I really think that they talk back,I have had 3 pullets and a rooster since they were an egg,and have been their caretaker and mom since April,2 of my marans follow me around everywhere and always cluck and trying to look right at me when they do,one of them is very sassy and is always yelling at meand my last pullet also “talks” to me and is sitting in my shoulder 24/7 while she Clucks.so I think the same thing as youI sometimes wich I could talk chicken bc I really think that their conversation could be interesting to listen to

 

[janiedoe]

I sing to mine, and they sing along. I usually start when they're embryos. I shouldn't. I have a terrible Texas twang, that's only suited to country music. But hey, I love classic rock and old torch bluesy music, so that's what they get. Poor birds.

 

[TXKukupantsKoop]

Oh my goodness- yes we talk daily. All 10 RIRs have much to say. I never thought I'd have 10 little ladies that interact the way they do. I have them banded with different colors so I could name them. I'm convinced that half of them know their names. I'm the same way with all my animals. It makes them happy which makes me happy. It's a win win! ❤

 

[tn_artist]

I bought a book called How to Talk Chicken. I thought it would be funny, but it's really informative. Apparently, our chickens name us, just like we do to them. The author says that you can figure out their name for you by listening when you first go out. I don't know what mine is. Probably a bad word since they are usually fussing to be let out.
I learned how to say hello in chicken and goodnight. Bu-dup is hello, but it's hard to explain how to say it.

 

[Chookmama72]

I like to have "conversations" with all of my pets, cats and dog included.

For the chickens though, most of mine are still young enough that they make little cheepy sounds, especially a Whiting True Green named Toast that is 2.5 months. She chirps very lightly but constantly when she hops in my lap and sits down for pets. I like to think she's telling me a story, so our conversation is something like "Hi, Toast!" *cheep cheep cheep* "Oh, goodness. Tell me about it!" *cheep cheep cheep* "Oh, really?" *cheep cheep* "Well, what happened after that?" *cheep cheep cheep cheep* "Uh huh, what did you think about that?" *cheep cheep cheep* "Oh wow, and what did you do next?" *cheep cheep cheep*

My oldest girls just hit 3 months and the most mature one (so far) sounds like a honking goose right now, so those conversations are also fun because I can't take her seriously.

Same with my turken Orio! She sounds like a goos lol! She's almost 4 months.