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

[Sammster]

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

I don't think it's silly. I think it's sweet. And hey - it works, right?

 

[fluffycrow]

E-xactly

I don't think it's silly. I think it's sweet. And hey - it works, right?

 

[sybonbon]

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.

Food in a bag or container

 

[Chicken poppy]

Personally i call individual names and they come running, but to call the entire flock i usually shake food or call them over with words like “CHICKENS” ”Come here!” Etc.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I say, here chick chick chick, HERE CHICK CHICK CHCIICCCKKK

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I don't even bother calling my chickens because they already follow me around like a bunch of stalkers. Anytime I'm outside and look up from what I'm doing there is always a chicken or two right there watching. Yesterday I thought I had all of the chickens out of the barn then when I started to walk out one of my hens flew down from the rafters and landed on my shoulder. I screamed, my hen squawked and I'm pretty sure my soul left my body for a few seconds.

 

[Sussex19]

I call 'took took took tooker!'
Its started as 'Chook chook chooker' but changed!

 

[KRack]

As with others, I yell “chick chick” in a specific way and they come running and flapping. They don’t come for my kids no matter how much they try to sound like me.

 

[RubelliteRose]

We trained ours to come running when they hear the Chicken Dance song. We can also just yell "Chickens - I have snacks", but that isn't nearly as fun

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I whistle three staccato notes up the scale like I'm calling a dog and follow it up with "here chick, chick!". I added the voice for the days I can't seem to get a decent whistle out I can just call them. Doesn't work as well, they only walk home. Whistling gets them running home.