do chickens talk back ?

[ILoveDaffy]

Absolutely. They certainly make sure that their point gets across! If they need or want something, they follow me and squawk until I get the message. Sometimes all that is is lap time, or a good beard scratch.

 

[ashcons]

I'm convinced they are just checking for 1) if I have food, or 2) if I'm unresponsive, they've found food.

 

[ILoveDaffy]

Cristobell likes to whistle to me, and I whistle back. Sometimes that goes on for 10+ minutes with me having no idea what I said, but she liked it, so...

 

[ILoveDaffy]

I have some that do. I can make this kind of chewbacca sound with my throat and I can fine tune it to make chicken sounds and rooster sounds, every time I make a rooster sound the chickens react in the same way but towards me like that.

I used to have this sassy hen that was a bantam silky and everybody feared her even the giants the neighbors used to own. Every time I entered the run she would leave her alpha rooster and just stand by me and calmly stand there. I would make the same calls her alpha rooster would make and it fascinated me because she would make a different sound every time. Most of the sounds I didn't know what she meant by, but I just kept making a different sound for each scenario that I knew, and it was pretty weird.
I gave her away because she was so loud but every single time I walked into her coop (I owned her for about 1.5 years) she would leave the flock and always follow me around and stay silent. Maybe she just liked my company??

For example if they are making the egg song and if me approaching them doesn't silence them, I can make the same call a rooster would then she would be quiet and lay an egg, works miracles every time

The reason I know this is simple:
1: Observe the chickens, both boys and girls in the run and don't do anything, just sit there and watch
2: See what is happening, how they are reacting to each others calls
3: lots of practise
4: when I mimic the calls, I get the same reaction from my chickens as if it was a chicken talking to another chicken and not a human talking to a chicken

That woman has mastered her roosters warning call, clearly only works for chickens as the geese were standing there like visitors of a foreign country.
Maybe works for cats as you can see the cat running for safety too LOL!

Lol, same! They're content, but I have no idea what I said. I use my top hen's call as my chicken call. It always worked, so I didn't change it, but they started to come when I say hello, so I use that now.

 

[The Truth Is Out There]

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! Chickens talk “bock”. ;0)
I have bantams and they always talk to me. I got them when they were chicks at TSC and they def. talk to me!

 

[featherhead007]

 

[the_peanut_coop]

My chickens definitely talk to me. The very skittish adult hens that have been ignoring me came up to me and said " Do you have food for me?" I swear I could hear it in the tone And my teen chicks are like "Mom! MOm! MOm! Mom! Mom!" when they're chasing me around the yard. It's actually what they sound like.

 

[Dreamzchaser]

I do think they try their best as well as more likely gossiping about me while there or not. However, if I have to be away all sa,I let them know the night before and remind them in the mobefore leaving. Howe,when I get back, jeez, I get bombarded with everything that happened and the complains for me not being there. Monica, an ISA brown and a little sebright have lots to back about. So I address Monica as Ms. Pelosi my speaker of the coop and just say yes to all she says. She just keeps going and going. She is a complete ever-ready-pelosi,lol
Now the ducks, are a different story. Hub thinks I am crazy because all is quiet but once they see me or hear my voice, they do call me "ma" "ma".

 

[featherhead007]

This chick doesn’t do much talking!

 

[Nyhillbillies]

Cristobell likes to whistle to me, and I whistle back. Sometimes that goes on for 10+ minutes with me having no idea what I said, but she liked it, so...

Giving away state secrets again?!