Happy Chickens?

[MO-Chickie]

Hi all - I have a silly question for y'all. I have a new batch of chickens I'm raising and they're about 7 weeks old right now. I've been handling them quite a bit since the last batch I didn't have time to handle and they're not nearly as fun or as personable as previous batches that got lots of handling. Anyway, if they make tiny cheeps when they're sitting on my lap being petted does that mean they're happy and/or content? I don't want to anthropomorphize here, but several of them seemed like they genuinely enjoyed the attention by cheeping softly and just hanging out. Anyway, just curious what any chicken behavior experts thought. LOL

--Amy

 

[nurse_turtle]

With chickens... what you see is what you get. If you hear a sound that sounds happy and content, then chances are, they are happy and content. That sweet quiet chirping is similar to a cat purring. Enjoy...

 

[ChicKat]

With chickens... what you see is what you get. If you hear a sound that sounds happy and content, then chances are, they are happy and content. That sweet quiet chirping is similar to a cat purring. Enjoy...

X2 !!!

Chickens are VERY vocal IMO-- you KNOW when they are mad, upset, elated (think egg song here) scared etc. I swear that today my little pullet was purring. I don't know how they do it---it is a very soft sound. I have two that were born on Jan 9th....and they used to have a little trill like a song bird. (their sounds are louder and deeper now that they are growing).

Sounds like you have a very happy set of chicks. Congrats.