Is laying an egg supposed to look so darn....uncomfortable?
My chickens are scratching in the nest boxes and they spin in circles, throwing chips and straw over their shoulders, doing what I'm assuming is the egg song, but kind of like a low ticking/cluck, but not really a cluck. I've caught two of them doing this, for a good 30-45 minutes, and they really seemed to be pushing. One did this yesterday morning, and there was an egg later, and another did this last night while I was doing work outside the coop (we have windows, so i could see her on the floor) but when I went in when she decided to get up, no egg.
They are young, my 7 range in age from 20 weeks to maybe 27 weeks, and I'm getting 2-3 eggs a day, so is it just the first eggs are rough on the system? I know, what a dumb question!
My chickens are scratching in the nest boxes and they spin in circles, throwing chips and straw over their shoulders, doing what I'm assuming is the egg song, but kind of like a low ticking/cluck, but not really a cluck. I've caught two of them doing this, for a good 30-45 minutes, and they really seemed to be pushing. One did this yesterday morning, and there was an egg later, and another did this last night while I was doing work outside the coop (we have windows, so i could see her on the floor) but when I went in when she decided to get up, no egg.
They are young, my 7 range in age from 20 weeks to maybe 27 weeks, and I'm getting 2-3 eggs a day, so is it just the first eggs are rough on the system? I know, what a dumb question!