Chicken screaming after taking egg

[Lrosell31]

Oh my... i havent dealt with broody ducks yet. I have calls but none have gone broody.. im sure im in for it when they do tho..

I have geese and turkeys also and I’ve heard the geese are the worst. I’m going to have fun collecting their eggs. Hahahaha

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I have geese and turkeys too. But my female is only 3 months old so i have a little time before i have to worry about that one..

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

It can be a sign of going broody but some hens just like their privacy while laying eggs.

I have girls that scream when other hens approach, girls that scream when I approach, girls that never make a peep.

 

[aart]

Welcome to BYC @Grimlok77 !

One day I was going to check if anyone of my chickens laid eggs, and I found two eggs but my chicken was still right next to the eggs, but I grabbed both of the eggs and then my chicken started screaming! Why is this happening?

Most bird don't like to be touched, especially on the nest. It's instinct to protect the nest. If you handle your birds frequently and/or just gather eggs from under them frequently they will get used to it and not scream. It's an unnerving sound and behavior, isn't it?

I have girls that scream when other hens approach, girls that scream when I approach, girls that never make a peep.

Same here....and some that change their minds about the whole thing. Had one bird that was pretty cool with it, after some acclimation, then she started screaming and biting, like grab on tight and twist biting.

 

[Darchangel Farm]

Wouldn't you scream if someone was kidnapping Your babies? If all she did was scream, you got lucky. My ducks attack, bite, call their friends to gang up on me.

If they could dial a phone, they'd call 911 and turn me in.

I choked laughing over this as yes my girls are the same...They even get the drakes in on beating me up! Love every one tho...ok...not the nasty vicious blue call drake...he leaves welts!

 

[woodenfarm]

I have a Rhode island red that does this every time. She has never gone broody just does not like me taking her eggs. But, I take them anyways. She is the only one that does it all the others minus the broody hen does not care

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I even have a girl that changes color.

 

[ChikenChik]

My white EE does this too. Even if it isn't her egg if she sees me take eggs she goes all crazy like there is a fox in the hen house! And she is one of my calmer girls otherwise. She has never been broody. My 2 broody girls could care less unless they are in their brood. I also have one that will growl like she is broody but never ctually goes broody. Chickens are funny!

 

[Cryss]

She looks broody to me, all puffed up. Do you have a rooster? If not then she's trying to hatch non fertile eggs! Either make sure she has fertile eggs or break her broody. She might not eat till she hatches and starves herself to death.

 

[Birdsong 82]

Mine do the same if they’re in there when I collect the eggs. That’s why I just wait for the end of the day to collect them all. If they’re back in before I collect them I have two of them that get very concerned and will go in there after me and look all around for their eggs. I almost felt bad but then I eat the egg and it’s delicious so I’m OK with it. LOL
My husband try to get an egg out from under a Nother chicken when she was laying in just couldn’t understand why he got his hand pecked. I could’ve told him that would happen. It’s kind of a private thing so I guess I’d be a little upset to