Egg Song?

[SurbFarmGirl]

My EE has been waking up every morning about 530 and making this screech clucking noise (i took video but cant post it). She is only 16 weeks .... do they sing BEFORE they start laying? When I looked she seemed irritated ... pacing and pecking the fence. She does this every morning!

I know they sing before/after they lay but she's still pretty young. We haven't even put the nesting box in her coop yet.

Any idea what is going on?

 

[SammileeChickie]

Has this been going on for awhile.?
I read about egg bound chickens and it freaked me out so I've been watching my girls closely. Other than that my chickens screech when they get scared or when they want out of their run. Most of the time my egg laying chicken will screech after she's layed an egg and she won't stop till we get it

 

[newwestchick]

Give that gal a nest! She's looking for a place to lay. Their song is pretty frantic sometimes if they don't understand what's happening

 

[SammileeChickie]

Give that gal a nest! She's looking for a place to lay. Their song is pretty frantic sometimes if they don't understand what's happening

Defiantly.! I go running out there in the morning to quite her down.! She sounds like caw caw caw CAW.! caw caw caw CAW.!

 

[newwestchick]

If you put a little plastic Easter egg or golf ball or something in the nest you make, she is more likely to know what it is for. Worked like a charm with my pullets this spring, they all lay in the nest boxes reliably.

 

[steve102]

Under support at the bottom of the page there is instructions on how to imbed a video. Hope your successfully, I would like to see the video. We are still waiting for our first egg.