Do you have a way to "call" your flock to you?

[RuffIedFeathers]

Do you have a way to get all your chickens to come running to you? Most of mine will just by me going outside, but I also have a container with cracked corn that I shake sometimes and they usually respond. I was just curious of what others might do.

 

[GoodGuinea]

Most of mine will run up to anyone who comes outside, & I also have a container with treats in it (usually mealworms). When I want them to go back in their run, I stand at the door, shake the container, & call "ChickENS! ChickENS!" & they run right inside.

I have one very skittish bird who doesn't like people & won't come to anyone. She'll run over with the rest, but hang back until I stop calling & step away from the door. Then she'll circle far around me & rush in the side. Drives me a little crazy, because sometimes the other birds finish their snack & start leaving by that time. But at least I know I can get them right back once she's in.

 

[Isadora]

I yell, "Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick-op!" in a sing-song voice and the whole flock comes running.

 

[Painted Calls]

I only have one chicken and she knows her name. When I had a flock, I hollered "CHIP CHIP".

 

[Alagirl]

WORMS!!! come get your WORMS!!!

they get mealworms every evening before bed. It has helped already when nI had not latched the coop right and the door opened. Had a mild shock when I saw my girls galavanting in the yard. The back door was open and I cannot trust my dogs. Plus I know I normally have a Hawk in residence.

 

[Yard Farmer]

My chicken only come to me. I say "Here chick chick!"

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

mine go crazy if they hear me opening a mason jar, or even holding one, since they know mealworms are there

I also greet them with "hey babiessss" since they used to be babies. I might change it to ladies when I get new babies, hah

 

[Sammster]

"Chook Chook Chook!"

 

[fluffycrow]

OK so, there is a simple way of explaining it, and a harder way. I'm gonna go with the hard one So you need to know some back story first. .The Greek word for chicken is kota. If you make fast paced and shorten it to kot, with the right pronunciation and deapth of your voice it can sound like a rooster calling his hens over. I've been doing that for the past 9 years or so and it works wonderfully, even with roos, and yes I know it's kind of silly, but what works doesn't need fixing! So basically I imitate the roosters call is the short and sweet version of what I do

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

If mine are out to free-range like heck they're coming back to me just by call. They'll look to see if I have any goodies and then they go right back to what they're doing if I'm empty-handed.

However, they do come running to the back porch if they see anyone come out there because they just assume they're about to get leftovers or food scraps or maybe even a hand full of scratch grains. And I can shake their feed scoop with scratch grains or pellets in it and they'll come stampeding to me for food! I've taken advantage of that a few times to draw them back in from free-ranging when I've needed them back in their run for any reason, like if a hawk is lurking around.