Chicken Talk

talkwrite · Feb 11, 2008

I have to write a chicken clucking in several instances as dialog in a story. I have been offered differing opinions and can't decide whether to go with the traditional "cluck" "cluck" or a more lighthearted phonetic spelling.
Could some of you offer a few options?

Thanks!

Shady Lane · Feb 11, 2008

I'd go with phonetic...it's ALWAYS good to be fresh. Especially when you're talking about chicken.

JLCwrites · Feb 11, 2008

Bok bok!

Have you ever sat and listened to a chicken? It is fascinating! Really! They make all kinds of neat little noises. Almost like they have a thick vocabulary.

talkwrite · Feb 12, 2008

Turkey Lurkey said:
Bok bok!

Have you ever sat and listened to a chicken? It is fascinating! Really! They make all kinds of neat little noises. Almost like they have a thick vocabulary.

Yes and
Bwok
And Kwak -Maybe a hairlipped chicken-

SHBueche · Feb 14, 2008

If you still need suggestions, try the AW animal writing forum.

talkwrite · Feb 18, 2008

Thanks for that tip. I'll mosey on over there right now.

The Grump · Feb 18, 2008

What are your chickens? Hens, roosters, pullets, chicks?

If hens, before or after laying? Then,there're day noises and night noises...

If I remember right, soft "clucks" seems to happen around chicks and before laying and general strutting around. After laying, hens give a more triumphant sound with several notes in between which can vary from hen to hen.

"Bok, boooks" are general contentment sounds when scratching.

Roosters crow and bok.

This is all for free range chickens. All bets are off for caged chickens.

talkwrite · Feb 18, 2008

Thanks Grump.
Actually it was an El Salvadorean free range chicken that landed on my shoulder while I was talking. I was in a mountain top village. No scratching, no eggs , lotsa poop on my shoulder. It was mostly soft clucks.

The Grump · Feb 19, 2008

I think the chicken put you down.

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