My barred rock honks like a goose.

[Mtn Margie]

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How did you find out it was deaf? Curious.

 

[ThinkingChickens]

My BR is a loud gal! Her egg song is SO loud and she's a talker in general.


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[krissteff]

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really?! how strange!

 

[offmyroost]

I have two buff orpingtons. Both honk like geese. I also have two barred rocks. Neither honk, but at just over 3 months of age they both peep alot at me. We have great conversations.

 

[suburbanAZchick]

My faverolle mutt makes a honking/sneezing type noise every time she eats. My Delaware doesn't honk but she is very talkative and has a VERY deep nasally voice. She sounds like Fran the Nanny with a bad head cold.

 

[bigbeck]

We have 2 B.R. eleven week olds, and one has been crazy honking for a week or so now, very loudly. Also always when greeting us or excited - it is just too funny, and we are interested to see if this is her big girl voice or if it too will change to a cluck. She really does sound just like a goose!

 

[epeloquin]

My BR Alice started honking today. It was really funny because I had been reading this thread! She is eleven weeks old. This is a pics from two weeks ago...

 

[epeloquin]

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She is gorgeous!

 

[izzyduck]

I have a barred rock about 3 months old who is LOUD. I"m pretty sure she only does it when I go out there, and her honking seems directed at me. She's a lovely chicken and very mild mannered, but she has this honking thing that I'm starting to wonder whether it's normal. When I sit down, she doesn't really make the noise. It's usually during transition... coming out in the morning, going in at night.
I'm going to try to get this on video so y'all can hear it, but it's like this: ONNNNNK, ONNNNNK, ONNNNNK.
It's hard to relay this in words, and probably even harder to perceive.
Has anyone had a chicken sound like a goose or a duck? Is it a sign of distress? Is she nervous? Should I be trying to comfort her in some way? When I talk to her, her ONNNNK gets louder. When I sit, she jumps up on my lap, cocks her head and stares at me quietly.

I'm inclined to think this is just her personality and her ONNNNKing might just be because she's a talker, but it's so incredibly different from the other pullets.

This picture is from a few weeks ago:

I was wondering the same thing my barred rock looks just like that and makes that noise,