Can anyone translate?

[JanvierUK]

I can speak some chicken, but I do not know what this means. What does it sound like she is saying here? I thought it was "I want to lay an egg" but she makes this sound in the evening sometimes too.

Anyone more fluent?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

My chickens make this sound too. Sonetimes when they need to lay, or just when they want to go in at night (or out in the morning)

 

[saysfaa]

For mine, it has always meant, "I'm getting close to laying an egg."

Possibly, "I'm getting close to laying an egg so get out of the way" since it is nearly always done when her preferred nest is already in use. For the first few days of their laying when they were pullets just beginning to lay it was also done when the nests were empty.

I have a coop/run combo so they never wait to go in or out. So I wouldn't know if it also means "get out of my way" separate from needing to lay an egg.

 

[Lor]

Sounds like she's laughing at the rooster.