The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call.

My roosters have done that before, and i always said he was pretending to lay an egg! Chickens are smarter than people think. Amazing article, great observations.

Amazing article. It’s so sweet that roosters care about their hens!

Groundbreaking and useful info. High research standards. Well written.

I found the information shared most useful and very interesting!
Our chief boy is very lovely with all the girls, finds treats and shares them!
I will pay more attention to the "escort call" now that I know the behaviour to look for!
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Amazing!!! i never knew. you have such great observations.
that deserves an award!!

This is a really good article, very informative with good observations from personal experience. Thank you @Shadrach for writing this!

Very informative Shadrach, thank you for your observations.

Amazing information. Do you now by any chance if those observations apply to quails too? I am trying to make my favourite quail hen trust me again. I made one tribe out of two and separated the old rooster because he would not mate any more. Shall I put her back with him although he was occasionally aggressive even to her? She hates the new one.

Love your writing style. So much helpful info for me now I can tell what my hens are saying to me.

Love this notion. Thank you for your observation!

Fascinating theory! I'll have to check it out in my own flock. I also particularly enjoyed the creative names of the author's chickens!

I enjoyed reading about the tribe behaviors regarding egg laying.

Interesting information. I love all the new things I learned here and the pictures are really fun!

Something cool I noticed that might help prove your point is that ever since my roosters started mating I haven't heard the egg/escort call. I guess that is because the cockerels always over-mate the pullets and aren't very popular at this age. I can't blame the girls

Thanks for taking the time to make this!

Sweet pickle juice!!! Great article with tested theory!! I learned something new.

I am a big believer in spending time with my flock, abserving moslty. I’m always in a constant need to learn more. Just today when one of my hens started making that sound they make when there ready and looking for a spot to lay, like a whiny almost honking noise, I remembered this article so I paid very close attention and soon enough there was my lead hen she’s always been very dominant always the “lookout” (replacement for my wounded Cornish x & my Silkie rooster who was keeping him company) she’s the rooster in this situation I saw the two run behind the shed, after some time I noticed the lead hen was back with the flock, and Rusty (hen trying to lay) was stil Behring the shed. Than we all heard it the buk-buk-bukaw sound the lead hen & I went running over and there was her egg, she was safely escorted back to the flock.

Great article! I had always assumed the hens we just having a little victory song after they laid, or possibly announcing to the other hens about their accomplishment! This makes much more sense. This also answers why sometimes the hens sing the song, and other times they don’t. Thank you for the information and the great read!

This certainly explains certain behaviors, however, Im curious as to why my girls still give the call while enclosed for the winter in a 12x9 coop with the rooster. Is it possible that my hens do not like my rooster? And if so, are they hoping to attract a different roo?

Great article and so fun to observe now that I understand what’s going on. Thank you!

I will definietly watch the flocks activities around this song after reading this great article