Now, that's the sound of normal nesting behavior. Both roosters and hens make that noise when they believe they've found the perfect nesting spot.
The agitated bursts we previously heard, punctuated by abrupt screeches are more typical of a hen going broody, the hormones causing the nervousness.
Keep an eye on this one. She may end up being a serial broody. They are quite valuable because by counting the days between going broody this time and going broody next time, actually the days between laying the first egg after being broody and laying the final egg before going broody, in the future you can always know the exact day this broody will start to sit on eggs. I had such a broody and it allowed me to start collecting the breeds of fertile eggs I wanted to hatch, then slip them under her when she starts to sit a nest.
The agitated bursts we previously heard, punctuated by abrupt screeches are more typical of a hen going broody, the hormones causing the nervousness.
Keep an eye on this one. She may end up being a serial broody. They are quite valuable because by counting the days between going broody this time and going broody next time, actually the days between laying the first egg after being broody and laying the final egg before going broody, in the future you can always know the exact day this broody will start to sit on eggs. I had such a broody and it allowed me to start collecting the breeds of fertile eggs I wanted to hatch, then slip them under her when she starts to sit a nest.
