Forget squatting. What about the sumo shuffle?

[thecatumbrella]

You know what I'm talking about, right?

It's a blend of sumo stomping and Elaine from Seinfeld.

Pullets will sometimes do it in the nest box when they're getting ready to lay. I only have a sample size of two, and both gave eggs within 48 hours. Now my cochin bantam's on deck.

How soon do you normally see eggs post shuffle? I ask because she started up at 8pm in the nest box, and then slept there. I want to keep it open for her overnight, but not if it's some massive bluff that leads to a bad habit.

She started squatting the day before shuffling.

Thanks!

 

[Debbie292d]

I've seen both, the shuffle and the squat, and then nothing. I think some feel the need to practice. They've got a string of tiny eggs inside, and they grow in order of which one's getting laid first. My guess is they feel that one coming, but are clueless on when.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I should have tried this when all three of my pregnancies went past their due dates...

 

[thecatumbrella]

I should have tried this when all three of my pregnancies went past their due dates...

I actually laughed out loud!

The chickens are onto something. You gotta jiggle them babies out!

 

[Bigdumogre]

I've seen both, the shuffle and the squat, and then nothing. I think some feel the need to practice. They've got a string of tiny eggs inside, and they grow in order of which one's getting laid first. My guess is they feel that one coming, but are clueless on when.

Sounds like the day after eating taco bell and not sure which fart will be the fatal rush to the bathroom one

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Sounds like the day after eating taco bell and not sure which fart will be the fatal rush to the bathroom one

For reasons that I will never, ever understand, I always want to go to Taco Bell after a colonoscopy. And I NEVER go to Taco Bell otherwise.

(Apologies for the TMI!)

 

[thecatumbrella]

For reasons that I will never, ever understand, I always want to go to Taco Bell after a colonoscopy. And I NEVER go to Taco Bell otherwise.

(Apologies for the TMI!)

Hey, the pipes are clean. No better time!

 

[thecatumbrella]

She's totally faking it. I'm watching her on the cam, sitting on her pile of shavings like some sort of queen, while the minions next door fight over their spot on a plank of wood...