Do pullets 'practice' laying?

[rubycal]

This may seem like a silly question, but I'm new to all this. I have an ee that I'm pretty sure is a pullet, probably about 3 months old. Last night I introduced 6 rir hens that are just over I year. I also have two other hens. Everyone is getting along ok, and the rir hens were eager to lay, giving me 3 eggs this am (another one is sitting in the box). My ee went into a box and sat for awhile and then stood up and made motions like she was going to lay, and sat down again for awhile. After about 1/2 hour she left. She is young to lay, (if I have her age right) so do they practice, or is she copying the new girls?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Both. Flock dynamics lend themselves to a "monkey see, monkey do". Sounds like she wants to join the laying sorority.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

Yup, both. She testing out the nest boxes for when shes ready (kinda how a rooster will go into them and coo until a hen comes, hes trying to get them to check it out and lay, ya know, so his offspring are passed on, LOL ) and with all the other hens there, she has to the 'monkey see monkey do' thing.

 

[cmom]

I agree with the other posts. They will do that. Sometimes they start sleeping in the nest boxes then you might get poopy eggs when others lay eggs in it.