About the egg song...

[onedozenphyllises]

I've had my hens for about a year now, and another six pullets coming up on laying age, so I feel like I should know this, but still...

It seems like quite often my girls sing the egg song just for the heck of it. Lots of times I'll hear them singing from locations OTHER than the coop/nest boxes and I'm just sure they've laid an egg in some "unapproved" spot, but when I go to check it out, I never find anything. Are they really good at hiding them, or do they sometimes just feel like cackling?

 

[Happy Chooks]

I've heard mine do it for no reason also. It got me going up there to look though with them looking at my thinking "got ya". Sometimes the others will join in and I have a chorus.

 

[vermontgal]

The ground-predator alert sounds a lot like the egg song. Maybe your girls are being disturbed by a passing dog or cat?

 

[onedozenphyllises]

I'm out in the boonies and they're right outside the house - the only animals casually passing by are wild. Now you've got me worried, though. Every time I hear that I'm going to think "RACCOON!" and run outside to dispense justice!