Do chickens cry? Ours are getting old– too old to lay– so recently we gave most of them to a farm that offers field trips to school children. Our Delawares are very friendly, perfect for kids.
When they were gone, a hen named Blue (Suellen’s favorite) cried for hours. I have never heard a chicken cry like that!
By the next day, she had stopped mourning, but it took her a few more days to start acting like her normal self again.
I am not an expert, but I do believe chickens cry. I have a rooster who loved his hens in more than just the normal rooster ways. He pecked severely at my son and so was confined where he could still see the hens and get sunshine but could in no way escape. He would sit there and make the saddest sounds ever. He still does from time to time but has accepted his fate and seems happier now. My marans was hurt and she had to be separated so that she would not be harmed while healing. She would cry alone in the coop and the other hens and roosters would come over and do the same. How cool that you are so in touch with your hen’s feelings.