Rooster Question

[Bertram]

@Shadrach, you seem to know a lot about rooster and I have a question. I have a Black Silkie cock and whenever I let one of the hens jump or fly of my arm he makes this weird braach type sound. He even dose it if I let my chicks jump down and especially when I put hens that have jumped the fence back over. It seems to be whenever another hen flies any distance. Do you know what he's trying to say or what it means?

 

[fluffycrow]

Video please! It's the best way to understand which sound exactly you mean, although I think I know which one you're referencing

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

@Shadrach, you seem to know a lot about rooster and I have a question. I have a Black Silkie cock and whenever I let one of the hens jump or fly of my arm he makes this weird braach type sound. He even dose it if I let my chicks jump down and especially when I put hens that have jumped the fence back over. It seems to be whenever another hen flies any distance. Do you know what he's trying to say or what it means?

My Roos do that too. I assume the flapping signals alarm, like they’d be flapping if they were evading a predator, and so the roo makes an alarm sound. But that’s just my guess.

 

[fluffycrow]

Does it sound like this?

If so, it's a warning call, no need to worry. I find it to be quite a beautiful sound actually, but that's just me

 

[Shadrach]

@Shadrach, you seem to know a lot about rooster and I have a question. I have a Black Silkie cock and whenever I let one of the hens jump or fly of my arm he makes this weird braach type sound. He even dose it if I let my chicks jump down and especially when I put hens that have jumped the fence back over. It seems to be whenever another hen flies any distance. Do you know what he's trying to say or what it means?

It could be a number of things. A video of the hen being picked up and put down and the roosters reaction to it might help.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I am going to follow this because hearing the video would be interesting.

 

[Bertram]

Of coarse he won't do it now but it dose sound very similar to fluffycrow's video. I didn't think it was a warning because he would do it for everything.
I will try to get a video later

 

[Bertram]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/albums/bertram.7430073/
I think this will take you to a video but I'm not positive on how this site works.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/albums/bertram.7430073/
I think this will take you to a video but I'm not positive on how this site works.

That sounds like he is roaring. I have heard roosters roar both at random and when they are surprised. He is most likely warning you to not mess with his hens.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I have also heard my rooster roar when he hears one of the hens fly because he thinks a hawk is going to attack him.