Huh, Trilling?

[corvidae]

I have 8 lovely Welsummers, about 4-5 weeks old. Yesterday, instead of just the "peeping" noises they incessantly and delightlfully make, a couple of them were "trilling" like a songbird. It's very cute and pleasant, but it startled me. I'm new to chickenhood, and I wasn't aware they did that. Is it just a phase they go through on the way to cluckdom, or will they keep doing it?

 

[NYRIR]

It's a sign of contentment(from what I've read on here)...and yes,they will keep doing it...mine do it every night as they go to sleep in the coop

 

[hennyannie]

Unfamilar with welsummers, but if you could record that it would go platium in my opinion.

 

[gryeyes]

That Happy Sound just melts my heart every time I hear it.

 

[ChooksChick]

I've heard two kinds. One is in daytime and occasional, and becomes a roo about two months later- I thought it the most wonderful noise, completely unrelated to juvie crowing. It was just like a songbird.

The other was like a trill and was as if they were whispering at a slumber party. That's at night or naptime.

 

[corvidae]

Quote:
ACK! No, no, can't be a roo! I can't have a roo! This was during the day and not in the least bit quiet.

Dagnabit.

 

[goatranch]

I love that sound. All of mine do that at night when they are going to sleep. My silkies make that noise all the time. I do think it is a contentment noise.

 

[wbruder17]

My hens and new chickies have a variety of sounds that they make. I can tell the difference between.... "yay, here comes treats", " I am going to lay an egg", " I am laying an egg" "I want to come out and free range", " I have found something lovely to eat (rooster)", ok, I am somewhat happy but possibly unsure", "I am slightly uncomfortable", " I am unhappy", " I am very unhappy right now"

Takes a while, but I can now tell what sound means what. Pretty cool.

 

[Bearsfan]

I was surprised by the trilling with my first batch also.

It is a neat sound.

 

[Lifesong Farm]

My first batch trilled and I thought I was hearing things. It sounds so pretty. However I did have two roos and one pullet so... I don't hear it much now since I kicked them out to the kennel in the coop. Maybe my new hatch will do it.