Just to follow up six + months later…. My Leghorns still screetch like dinosaurs (preach a sermon), especially before laying an egg!
My chickens sometimes sing the egg song before laying an egg or if another chicken just laid an egg, not always after. Sometimes after they lay the egg, they...
My Leghorns sound like screeching dinosaurs all day, too. But Snowy sounds more like a screetching goose, crow, jungle bird (I just can’t decide what kind of sound it is), before laying an egg. I always know when she is about to lay an egg because it’s different and it really sounds painful. I...
One of my 17 week Leghorns, Snowy, started laying about two weeks ago. She makes these long drawn out screetches before laying an egg. Sometimes this goes on for about an hour beforehand. Sometimes she will sing the egg song and goes back to screaming. She sounds like she is in pain. Do you...