How well do chickens hear?

[mamaKate]

My 5 mo.old roo starts crowing about six. He crows intermittently until I sit up in bed and start to get up. He then waits patiently for up to 20 minutes while I get dressed, etc. It's about 35 feet from the coop to the house, then another 20 feet to my room. Anybody else have chickens with super hearing?

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

How much noise do you make in the morning? JK

I can be 200 feet away from my chickens - speak (not yell) one of the chicken's names and they will all come running. But no walls

- so I am not sure thru the house/coop walls.

I have read that dogs can hear a heart beat from 5 feet way.

 

[mamaKate]

lol Just average stand up, kick on shoes, get dressed, etc. I don't even make coffee or breakfast so he isn't smelling anything.
The dog heartbeat thing is interesting. Maybe that's another way they pick up on someone's mood.

 

[cmom]

Mine don't hear me in the house but as soon as they hear the back door open it's a mad dash.

 

[2txmedics]

oh they have keen sense of hearing!!!! Mine are all the way at the back of the property... which would be about 3-4 outside pool areas....and man Im outside and there running up the gate, waiting on me...and there seeing:

avian eye is similar to a vertebrate eyes...its the finest ocular organ. they can focus with in a range of 20 diopters TWICE that of a 20yr old human!!! color vision peaks in the orange-red portion of the spectrum and they have both MONOCULAR AND BINOCULAR VISION WITH A 300 DEGREE FIELD OF VIEW...wish I had that....

 

[Happy Chooks]

They hear quite well. When I go out the back door they start squawking and running to the gate of their run for treats.

It's almost as bad as sad puppy dog eyes looking at you.

 

[ducks4you]

Who needs CHICKENS to get them up in the morning. I have two DOGS that WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE UNTIL I GET UP IN THE MORNING!!!!!
They start at 5:30.....
Then, they won't leave me alone until everybody ELSE is fed.

 

[catfish/okie]

I believe they hear at least as good as we do.

 

[emilyweck]

My coop is about 40 feet away and I know my chickens hear me when I get up and move around. They stop making noise and then give me about 2 minutes to let them out before yelling at me some more. SPOILED! Also, hubby has a loud diesel truck and they hear him coming down the street and they run to the gate, very patiently awaiting their dad to get home with treats!

 

[kelidei]

When mine are out of the coop they hear me coming and run for the gate--- if they are inside and hear me open the gate they all form a mosh pit in front of the pop door and when I open it they practically fall out on top of one another--- they never seem to hurt each other, amazingly!