Unusual sound from rooster

[markrgriffin]

This may be normal but I have to ask. My two roosters crow from about 5am to 7pm and that ok but every now and again one or the other will make a high pitched sound lasting about 5 seconds (for all the world like they are breaking wind), they also neigh like a horse at times (we don't have a horse, donkey etc) if I am working near their coop. I'm assuming it's a warning sound or a call to round up the flock but can someone please confirm.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Happy Chooks]

There is one sound that is a warning, and it changes in intensity depending on how close the threat is. Another trilly sound which is usually like a soft purr that is their happy sound.

 

[azygous]

My Buff Brahma Roo Penrod makes that sound quite often, most times just as I've let the hens out to free-range, and he's left behind in his pen, all alone. His long, high-pitched wail will last up to 30 seconds. I think he's calling to the hens to return, that it's an ill-advised choice to leave the safety of the pen. Just guessing, though.

Lately, I've heard one of the hens make the same sound. There's no distinct context for it, though.

 

[scratch'n'peck]

I have found the high pitched sound is associated with birds flying overhead so I guess it is a warning sound. I think they also make that warning sound occasionally to get the attention of the hens, too. I have found the neigh like sound is one sort of acknowledgment of your approach. Some of my rooster make more of a chuckle-like balk,balk when I come and go.

I think roosters are a great part of the chicken experience.

 

[hannakat]

Mine also makes the high pitched sound for signaling danger. He also purrs, growls, clucks like a hen, murmurs and so many other different noices that I've been amazed. Roosters are pretty cool creatures!