Do hens "sing" the egg song without laying?

[N F C]

It's kind of a book, bock, bock, bock, BOCK-AAH.

That's what mine sounded like too.

 

[jeria]

LOL Thanks just curious as to what to expect.

 

[azygous]

When I got some Welsummers some years back, when they came to POL, I was overwhelmed by how all five would make a Broadway production out of laying an egg.

It doesn't matter if it's their own egg or if someone else is in the nest box, they take their positions around the nest boxes and the chorus begins in full throat.

When you have Welsummers, no hen has to be without a cheering section giving her constant encouragement while she labors over getting her egg out.

 

[lazy gardener]

Nothing like a new pullet trying out for the choir!

My roo will occasionally join the chorus. This morning, I opened up the nest boxes to take a peek through the narrow "reach in to grab the eggs" opening. Nope. No eggs yet. A single hen on the far right nest. In the nest on the left were 2 very masculine looking feet, and inquisitive eyes peering back at me as my roo leaned down to peek through the hatch to see who was there! He often accompanies his girls to the nest box, jumps into the box and fluffs up the bedding, doing his cluck-cluck song to entice his girls to come use the nest "that he just found for them."

 

[AnnieSantiago]

What does an egg song sound like? I keep reading about it but have no clue.

You can find lots of examples on YOuTube

 

[andreanar]

What does an egg song sound like? I keep reading about it but have no clue.

BOK BOK BOK BaGOK over and over lol

 

[alexa009]

Mine do egg song when they are nervous or see a predator around.

 

[AnnieSantiago]

 

[lcertuche]

Yes often others will just join in or they may be letting out a warning cry if they feel threatened. Often this is the head rooster but sometimes a dominant hen.

 

[aart]

Nothing like a new pullet trying out for the choir!

.....or 10 of them!
Last years pullets made more noise than I've ever heard before as they came into lay.
Went on for hours a day for weeks on end. It was crazy!
Today the hens were noisier than usual for longer than usual. SMH.
Anyone who thinks not having a rooster will have a quiet coop....