My 4 BSLs all started laying this week and it's been fun watching them go in coop and get in nest box and wait for them to come out so I can get the egg.
Today, while free ranging, one of them starts squawking and making a rukus in the yard. I'm thinking she's laid an egg but could not find one. Few minutes later she's pacing in front of closed coop/run gate and squawking so I open the gate. She goes and gets in nest box. 45 minutes later she comes out and stands at door of coop and crows/squawks (hen style) for about 5 minutes. I'm laughing because I think she must be announcing that she's laid a whole nest of eggs. But...NO... not a single one.
Do hens have false labor? Or was she just trying to get even with the one that had laid an egg earlier today?
Today, while free ranging, one of them starts squawking and making a rukus in the yard. I'm thinking she's laid an egg but could not find one. Few minutes later she's pacing in front of closed coop/run gate and squawking so I open the gate. She goes and gets in nest box. 45 minutes later she comes out and stands at door of coop and crows/squawks (hen style) for about 5 minutes. I'm laughing because I think she must be announcing that she's laid a whole nest of eggs. But...NO... not a single one.
Do hens have false labor? Or was she just trying to get even with the one that had laid an egg earlier today?
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