eggs but no egg song in the winter?

[NewFlockOnTheBlock]

My chickens are still laying despite the colder, darker days (well, some of them are, anyway) but they are no longer singing the egg song. Has anyone else experienced this?

It used to be that either the hen that laid the egg, or another hen that was nearby, or both, would start out with the egg song and then they'd do a sort of call and response with our rooster, and sometimes other hens would pitch in too. Now they just lay in silence!

 

[Shadrach]

It may be possible that these are the last few eggs they lay this season and do not want to attract the rooster to fertilize any further eggs.
The above is guesswork. I've had this happen here and given the information in the article below I think it's a possibility.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-not-about-the-egg-it’s-an-escort-call.74386/

 

[coach723]

I've no idea what the cause is, but mine vary with the song. Some days it's just a giant, loud party out there, other days it's pretty quiet, or anywhere in between.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Hens attract roosters for reasons of procreation and if a hen is unable to attract a rooster when she wants or needs a rooster, she will actively search out a rooster to father her chicks.

As was said in the classic flick Jurassic Park "Life will find a way"