Egg Song! Glorious Egg Song!

[OneMountainAcres]

I'd give her as many as you think she can set on. 
She'll be there for three weeks not laying and blocking a nesting box..  May as well get as many chicks as you can.
I learned that when TWO of my 5 month Cuckoo Marans went broody at the same time.  I gave them each 6 eggs, but wish I'd given them a dozen each.  9 hatched but I've lost two, so down to 7 chicks.

4 was all I could talk hubby into. Not only that, she's so tiny. She just manages to keep those 4 under her lol. As it is, our coop is full and we can't build an extention or additional coop until at least next spring. I had to tell him that we would eat any cockerels that come out of this batch.... therefore I'm hoping they're all pullets lol. He's been rather stubborn on this chicken math thing. It hasn't affected him as much as it has me but he's slowly giving in. Last time I mentioned "when we get a broody" he said no they can't have eggs. Now that we have one he just rolled his eyes lol

 

[Diannastarr]

THE EGGS SONG, gosh we never get the egg song hardly ever...? but we have lots of eggs...? like 4 eggs a day from 5 chickens who have started laying at 17.5 weeks old up until now, 4 are barred rocks & one wyandott 2 weeks younger, but NO egg song , no singing hardly ever , thats a bit strange...? isnt it..?

the other day my young wyandott Bee Bee 19 WEEKS laid an egg and just walked away, with no song or nothing , I knew she had been laying eggs for the last week i have seen her , so she was leaving the nest box when my barred rock Henryetta 2 weeks older was watching Bee Bee the wyandott leave the nest box and she started to sing the egg song for Bee Bee ...?...lol... and she kept on singing the egg song , UNTIL Bee Bee who was about 6 feet away by then , just stopped & looked at Henryetta , that was when she began to sing the egg song with Henryetta ....lol..... sooo wow that was corn fusing.....lol.. to see one hen tell the other hen to come on sing the egg song .....lol... could it be that the egg song is a learned behavior...???? or that maybe some chickens dont know the words...??? ....lol.... but who can tell..? geeezzz. it s like asking what came first the chicken or the egg, or who sang the first egg song ? ...lol...

...lol........but today Bee Bee laid another egg I was there & saw her , my girls lay most of their eggs between 9:AM & 11: AM, then i give them all treats , but today again nothing no singing..? just an egg but no egg song....?? she just left the nest box & walked away , but gosh what happened to the egg song...?

......lol...... ????? geee i miss hearing the egg song

 

[OneMountainAcres]

 THE  EGGS  SONG,   gosh we never  get  the  egg  song  hardly  ever...?  but  we have lots of  eggs...? like 4 eggs a day  from  5 chickens  who have started  laying  at 17.5  weeks old  up until now, 4 are barred rocks  & one  wyandott  2 weeks  younger,  but  NO egg  song , no singing  hardly ever ,  thats a bit  strange...?  isnt it..?   the other day my young  wyandott  Bee Bee  19 WEEKS  laid an egg and just  walked away,  with  no song or  nothing , I knew  she had been laying eggs  for  the last  week i have seen her , so  she was  leaving the nest  box  when my barred  rock  Henryetta 2 weeks older  was  watching  Bee Bee the  wyandott  leave  the nest  box and she  started to sing the egg  song for  Bee Bee ...?...lol... and she  kept  on singing the egg song , UNTIL  Bee Bee who  was about  6 feet  away  by  then , just  stopped &  looked at Henryetta , that  was  when  she  began to sing the egg song  with  Henryetta ....lol.....  sooo  wow  that was  corn  fusing.....lol..  to see  one  hen  tell the other hen to come on  sing   the  egg  song .....lol... could  it   be  that  the egg  song is  a learned  behavior...???? or that maybe some chickens   dont  know the  words...???   ....lol....  but  who can tell..?   geeezzz.  it s  like  asking  what  came  first the chicken or the egg,  or  who  sang the  first  egg  song ? ...lol... ...lol........but   today Bee Bee  laid another egg  I was  there  & saw her , my  girls lay most of their eggs between  9:AM  & 11: AM, then i give them all treats , but today  again  nothing  no  singing..?  just an egg  but  no egg  song....?? she just left  the nest box  &  walked  away , but gosh what happened  to  the egg  song...? :/ ......lol...... ?????   geee   i miss  hearing the egg  song    

I think they just have to be in the mood. Some days my girls sing like maniacs. Other days they barely make a peep lol

 

[WoodenCoyote]

I heard my first egg song the other morning. No eggs yet, so I guess they were just getting in tune. And they were singing in my pumpkin patch, which has plenty of room now that they've broken in and killed all the pumpkins...

 

[dutchlion]

I heard my first egg song the other morning. No eggs yet, so I guess they were just getting in tune. And they were singing in my pumpkin patch, which has plenty of room now that they've broken in and killed all the pumpkins...

Our girlies did the same thing to our fall squashes... they got in there and well, squashed everything!

 

[WoodenCoyote]

Our girlies did the same thing to our fall squashes... they got in there and well, squashed everything!

Mine figured out that they could bite off the blossoms and eat the young pumpkins out of the bases. When I bought them as little chicks, the farmer warned me that the breed (Chick Marley) needs to free-range almost exclusively. "Don't confine them or they'll become destructive".

he should have said "They'll be destructive no matter what you do" !

 

[iwiw60]

I heard my first egg song the other morning. No eggs yet, so I guess they were just getting in tune. And they were singing in my pumpkin patch, which has plenty of room now that they've broken in and killed all the pumpkins...

 

[Diannastarr]

great picture...!

 

[Diannastarr]

gosh sorry to hear about the lost pumpkins & squished squash,

geezzzer well i guess thats one of the down sides to our sweet darling little innocent Chickie girls.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I'd give her as many as you think she can set on. 
She'll be there for three weeks not laying and blocking a nesting box..  May as well get as many chicks as you can.
I learned that when TWO of my 5 month Cuckoo Marans went broody at the same time.  I gave them each 6 eggs, but wish I'd given them a dozen each.  9 hatched but I've lost two, so down to 7 chicks.

guess what. ..I now have a second broody lol. I swear it must be contagious! I think hubby is giving up the battle though. I said I was going to give her eggs and he just said ok. Didn't ask how many and I didn't tell. I just gave her 6 lol. I'm just hoping nobody else goes broody. I don't need an entire second flock of chicks at the beginning of winter!