Weird noise coming from my hen

We have a brahma pullet, she’s just over 3months old, and a few days ago she started making this very strange croaking noise. she sounds like a duck.

Despite brahmas being listed as a quiet chicken breed, Bunny (the hen) has never shut up ever since we got her as a chick. it was never anything related to her mood or needs, she was just constantly chirping wherever she went.

a few days ago, we think her and her 2 brothers’ voices ‘dropped’ like actual teenagers, they started crowing and she started making this croaky duck like noise alongside her usual chirps.

she’s otherwise completely healthy, acting normal, and so is the rest of the flock. nothing within their care changed, but we still aren’t completely sure what’s happening with her as we’ve never had this before!

we’ve raised our fair few hens but this strange noise is nothing we’ve encountered before. we doubt it’s anything serious, but any wisdom on the situation would be gladly accepted! we’re kinda puzzled




here is a youtube link to hear what we mean, it’s filmed outside in the dark so you can’t see her, but you can hear the noise clearly. her voice sounds so bad it sounds like we’re strangling her we were just holding her normally and recording it.

All I can hear is a hen! She sounds just like our hens so think you're right about her voice changing as she grows up.
And I guess different chickens just sound different .

That doesn’t sound unusual to me. I have a hen that honks like a goose, another that yells like a parrot. Each hen has her own voice....

BarnwoodCoop said:

she started making this croaky duck like noise alongside her usual chirps.

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AhYes, the 'honking' stage of voice change.
Always cracks me up!