Fussy (not broody) hen

[Possum-Pie]

I have a hen who is always "fussy". The best that I can describe it is the sound a whiney toddler makes when he doesn't get his own way. "awwwww, awwww" It sounds like she is pouting. She isn't low in the pecking order, not broody, not injured or sick, and is laying just fine. She doesn't do it constantly, mostly in the morning in the run. Anyone else run into this?

 

[wrathsfarm]

What breed is she? I ask because my Black Australorps make unusual noises, like a raspy, or throaty "merrr". And I've read it's a trait of the breed.

Hard to describe the sound but funny everytime I hear it...

 

[aart]

Anyone else run into this?

Several of my birds over the years have done this...
...I call them 'the grousers'.

 

[MountainWoman73]

I have a hen who is always "fussy". The best that I can describe it is the sound a whiney toddler makes when he doesn't get his own way. "awwwww, awwww" It sounds like she is pouting. She isn't low in the pecking order, not broody, not injured or sick, and is laying just fine. She doesn't do it constantly, mostly in the morning in the run. Anyone else run into this?

Sometimes they're just talkative. I had a Welsummer named Moaning Myrtle because she would just wail and moan like nothing I have ever heard before or since. Almost like trying to crow but one long note. She got rehomed from town because she got the original owners in trouble with their neighbors. Lol.

 

[Possum-Pie]

What breed is she? I ask because my Black Australorps make unusual noises, like a raspy, or throaty "merrr". And I've read it's a trait of the breed.

Hard to describe the sound but funny everytime I hear it...

LOL, a 3 year old...Black Australorp. Boy, she is in rare form today, usually justs lasts a half hour or so, she's been at it for 3 hours today

 

[wrathsfarm]

LOL, a 3 year old...Black Australorp. Boy, she is in rare form today, usually justs lasts a half hour or so, she's been at it for 3 hours today

HA !! I nailed the breed just by a description of the sound. I'm like a new rare chicken whisperer type...




Ummm no...just lucky. Every once in a while a squirrel finds a nut.

 

[Possum-Pie]

You DID hit it on the head! You Chicken Whisperer!

I also have a Silver-laced Wayandotte who is the smallest of the flock, sometimes bullied a bit, and is mostly a loner. She sometimes "sings the blues" to herself as she looks for bugs, but not as loud as the Austrolorp.