Um Cassie, no offense but i do not understand how your response about vaccines and covid has anything to do with this thread. Get on facebook and find your like minded friends. This thread is dead.
I like your opinion. Thats part of the reason i like when my girls run away when I try to pick them up. A chicken willing to be picked up most likey will be dinner and I like that their instincts are keen. (Meanwhile, they are my pets and I love them more than most people, lol). Survivability...
My gals (glw) most certainly get very chatty when they need to lay an egg. I spend a lot of time with them and when i hear it, i can say someone needs to lay an egg, And sure enough, there she goes off to the nest. This morning in fact was like a circus in the coop! One gal gets all emotional...