broken voice

That hoarse Hungarian capon call is a cluck-tastically dying trade

That hoarse Hungarian capon call is a cluck-tastically dying trade, and it's breaking my heart. There's a colloquialism in Hungary where a broken, hoarse voice is described as sounding like a capon, but try finding a recording of one. I looked everywhere. Nothing. Keeping capons seems to be fading into history, and we're losing a piece of fowl folklore with it. It's a weird, wonderful little tradition that deserves more than a footnote. If you're feeling nostalgic for lost chicken quirks, check out our story on a family fearing fowl play after an eight-week-old chick's morning croak. Sometimes the strangest sounds are the ones we miss most.