Purring chicken, happy sound?

[MattalynsBarn]

When a chicken purrs, is she happy?

 

[jenesis536]

I believe so... I think it is called trilling.

I had not heard it before until we got our silkies and one started doing it while sitting on my daughter's lap. It's so cute.

 

[AKsmama]

I've read that it is a happy, contented sound. After my flock stops pushing each other around on the roosts at night and settles down, I usually hear trilling from a few pullets. We had to isolate one of the pullets b/c she had an injured leg, so we let her recuperate in a large dog crate inside the house. She would trill pretty often. I really got to know the full range of sounds they make while she was in the house!

 

[Churkenduse]

My girls do that all the time and I assume they are happy, to me it sounds like cooing, the way a baby does.

 

[jojo54]

Lulu, our lame, part-time house chicken does it all the time, especially when she is cuddled on my lap on snuggled into a throw rug she has pulled around her so it is "just right". It is a very contented sound.

 

[aghiowa]

My new mama hen did it when she had all her chicks settled underneath her...it's a very contented sound.

Angela

 

[QuinnP]

Arlo does that all the time! It makes me happy to hear it.

 

[old geezer]

i think chickens are a lot smarter than most people think---that purring is show of contentment----trust ,and i guess---chicken love---we as chicken people have all heard it , especially when we show a expression of talking to them in a soft voice , or just snuggle bugging with them--nuff said here--

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[nanawendy]

My girls purr when they are full safe and nestled next to their best friends

 

[ericsgirlie]

Our Silkie who just adopted 5 babies is purring. It is soooo sweet!