- Jul 19, 2009
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I began to get eggs 3 days ago, not one egg but 2 or 3 a day. I wondered about the hen's social dynamics around egg-laying. If one starts laying eggs, how does that effect others in the flocK? Are others more likely to start laying when one has begun, or is it strictly a biological thing with no relationship to social issues among them? I know that one is laying, but now I have seen 4 of the 8 hens sitting in nest boxes, which I never used to see them do. Are some beginning to imitate the one(s) that are laying, perhaps curious about the phenomenon and trying to sit and produce eggs themselves too?