Poultry Sound Codes: Understanding the Needs and Stress Behind Chicken Vocalizations

How Do Chickens Make and Hear Sounds? What Helps Chickens Create Vocalizations? Chickens have air sacs and a syrinx that they use to push air out of the body and cause thin membranes to vibrate and create noise. They tweak the pitch, tone and length by tightening or loosening syrinx muscles. This lets them produce all kinds […]