What are chooks?

[chloezoebob101]

I keep reading everywhere the word " chook" what is it? its in usernames and posts and everywhere. so I'm finally gonna ask what it is. so what is it?

 

[Kannah43]

That's what they call chickens in Australia!

 

[chloezoebob101]

OHHH.... ok, that sorta makes sense. so people who call them chooks are from australia? learn something new everyday!

 

[azygous]

I often wondered how chickens came to be called "chooks". Then last summer I raised four Speckled Sussex from day-olds. One of them, Judy, loves to be held and cuddled. The sound she makes when she is melting against my body is a soft, "Chook, chook, chook." Her little body rocks with the sound, "Chook, chook, chook"

 

[chloezoebob101]

awww!!sounds cute

 

[Ole rooster]

Do you write books by chance? 'Melts against my body' is quite a term for chickens.

 

[coleridgedane]

Good Q&A! Next...why are chicks called biddies? (Don't mean to hijack your thread...)

 

[AmyLM]

LMAO! Thanks for asking it! Ive been wondering that too but was afraid to ask....

 

[yinepu]

Good Q&A! Next...why are chicks called biddies? (Don't mean to hijack your thread...)

cause when they hatch they are just iddy biddy lil things.. lol
(hey.. that's what my granny told me.. so I'm sticking to it)

 

[bingrancher]

Good Q&A! Next...why are chicks called biddies? (Don't mean to hijack your thread...)

Hens under 1 year of age are pullets and hens over 1 year old are called biddies.