From about 8 am to noon you will not see any of our 9 chickens outside in the run. Our roosts sit right across the coop from the nesting boxes, and while the girls take their turn in the box to lay, the rest of the chickens sit/stand on the roosts watching the proceedings. When the hen is done, she hops out of the nest box, stops by the water, and hops up on the roost to watch everyone else. Everyone then joins in the egg song. Eventually, they all make their way out to dust bathe, so someone must say everyone is finished for the day!
Our roo will also pace the floor of the coop in front of the nest box if someone is taking too long. I have seen him pace, stop in front of the box, put his head in, cackle and buck to the hen who cackled back, and resume pacing. Too funny!!
Pretty funny to watch them!!! More entertaining than TV!!
Our roo will also pace the floor of the coop in front of the nest box if someone is taking too long. I have seen him pace, stop in front of the box, put his head in, cackle and buck to the hen who cackled back, and resume pacing. Too funny!!
Pretty funny to watch them!!! More entertaining than TV!!