I speak chicken

[suburbanhomesteader]

I used to think that Bo and The Production Reds were saying, 'Bawwwwk, bawwk". Today, they followed me around as I was weeding and gardening, and we were really doing some serious bonding.

After feeding one of them a grasshopper, it dawned on me that I just had never understood their accent.

What they were REALLY saying was, "buuuug, buggg, bug"

 

[jessied1227]

Isn't it fun when they follow you around? While I was working on the run today they were all around me and sat down right next to me in the shade when I sat to rest.

Maybe you could come over to my house and ask my girls why they aren't laying yet...

Jess

 

[Jsto]

What an amazing talent! How much do you charge per hour for chicken translating?!

 

[JackieK318]

Yes, I need to to tell me why Bleu the Roo thinks my flip flops are flirting with him and why my Buff Orpington loves to be snuggled when the others run.

 

[lurky]

I think you should be the chicken whisperer and have your own thread on here to answer questions for people and help them to better communicate with their chickens

 

[lurky]

Hello my name is wendy and my chicken looked right up at me the other day and said "buk-buk....buk........*long pause* and then a long bugawk". I really feel like he was trying to tell me something

can you help me?

 

[FingerLakesChick]

I thought mine were saying "cheep, cheep, cheep", but after giving them some cheese... I now know they say "cheese, cheese, cheese"!!!!

They LOVE cheese!!

<------ This is what they do when I get the bag out!!!

 

[Country Gal]

I love when my chickens follow me around! They will now follow me out to the back barn when I go to feed the pigs - it's such a riot to be walking across the yard with a flock of 27 chickens running after me!!!

 

[akcskye]

My broody australorp, Heidi, will actually say "hello"...I've got it on video...and I gotta figure out how to make it compatible (I took it on my cellphone) so others who don't believe it can see it. haha

 

[suburbanhomesteader]

Lurky, I think your chicken was saying something to you (sorry, it's hard to get the inflection of the printed word), and when you didn't answer, she said, "what-EVER!!

Jackie, your roo thinks the straps on your flip-flops are the world's biggest worms, and the sound they make as they hit your heels is the sound of a kissing chicken, which may be making him feel amorous.

<back of hand on forehead>

Phew! This is exhausting work! I'm not cut out to be a Chicken Whisperer!