![]() ![]() It says “All is well.” ConversationĬontentment call-A low pitched, repetitive sound made by hens and roosters when out and about that says “Let’s stick together.” Similar to someone happily humming as they go about their business. Singing-Usually rapidly repeated notes with some amount of randomness. It says “I’m warning you to leave me and my eggs alone.”īroody growl-Much harsher than the hiss and gravelly, the broody growl says “Leave me and my eggs alone or I will destroy you.” It is often accompanied by a hand peck as you are trying to collect eggs. It says “I just laid an egg and I rock.”īroody hiss-A snake like hiss often accompanied by fluffing of feathers and a dirty look while the hen is sitting in her nest box. Laying cackle-A hilariously annoying sound that sounds like the hen is REALLY proud of her egg laying accomplishment and wants everybody in the entire neighborhood to know it. It says “Stay put, there’s danger.” Lady talk Hush sound-Soft, vibrating errrr that sends chicks running for mom’s feathers or flattening silently to the ground. ![]() It says “Whoa!” Mom talkĬluck-Short, low-pitched and repetitive sounds that says “Stay close.”įood call-Short, high-pitched and staccato tuck-tuck-tuck that says “Come get the food I just found!” Startled peep-Sharp chirp that sounds as startled as it is meant to be. Panic peep-Loud and insistent peep that says “Help me!”įear trill-Loud, sharp repeated sound that says “Don’t hurt me!” Pleasure trill-A soft warbling sound often used when settling down for a nap that says “Life is good.”ĭistress peep-A loud, sharp tweet that says “I’m so miserable!” Usually due to being hot, cold or hungry. Pleasure peep-A soft, irregular chirp that says “I’m here and all is well.” And if you pay attention, you can learn to understand and speak their language too. While chickens don’t have nearly the vocabulary that us humans have, and their chicken brains don’t allow for abstract and deep conversations, they are still a very vocal and conversational critter. He has won, and we, with him, are the victors.Researchers have shown that there are at least 24 different sounds chickens make and maybe as many as 30. Jesus is our great refuge, a cleft in the rock when the fire is the hottest. The wrath that Jerusalem incurred, and will one day receive in full, has been poured out on Jesus, the Great Captain who fought for us in the center of it all. I’m reminded of another great theologian who, speaking of the last days, offers that one day the “Father hen will call his chickens home (Johnny Cash).” What Jerusalem refused is still ours to lay hold of. Ironically, Jerusalem could have been gathered to Jesus, the fighter, “as a hen gathers her brood under her wings,” but they tragically refused time and time again. ![]() And yet he says, “bring it on.” King Jesus will go into the furnace and die, because that is what every great prophet has done before him, and he is the perfect prophet. His enemies appear to have the upper hand, and they even tell him so. “I know that’s where the fighting will be most intense, the most dangerous, but that is why I have come.”Īfter reading this passage several times, I’m becoming convinced that this impulse is what every great “man movie” is made of. Jesus looks them square in the eyes and says, “I’m coming right into the middle of your fox hole,” as it were. Jesus, if you’ll forgive me, plays the part of a William Wallace from Braveheart or Maximus from Gladiator. “Herod wants to kill you,” they exclaim, and encourage him to stay far away from Jerusalem. The Pharisees, obviously doing whatever they can to get rid of Jesus, try to give him an out. Jesus Christ is our Captain who goes to battle for us, going all the way to where the fighting is the fiercest and the fire is the hottest. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'” Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken. “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ And he said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. ![]()
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