Roo who purrs??

[blessedchickenmama7]

When I go to feed I always scatter some pellets on the ground before I fill the feeder and the waterer. That way they don't have to wait on me. Lately I've notice my little bantam cochin roo making this noise. I call it the chicken purr, but it's not a purr like a cat. It's more like a low, constant repeating of a soft "bock" if that makes sense. It's a contented little sound and he does it for a few minutes when he first begins eating off the ground. He does this even if he's just eaten an hour before and you bring something else.

Anybody else ever had a chicken "purr"? He's the only one of mine who do this. After he's eaten his fill though, he goes into the crowing fits. That's another story altogether... But it's cute.

 

[PatS]

Mine make a trilling noise that I think of as contented excitement. Kind of like a purr. They do it when they see me, because I often have something for them to eat.

 

[jwchicklady]

mine does it, but it is to let the hens know that he has found a good treat for them. he makes the sound and then all the hens come to see what he has for them, he backs up and lets them have the rest.

 

[KDbeads]

I have a NHR girl that purrs at me every night when I check them after dark. She really does sound like one of my cats.