That is what I call the "team building choir".
Before her molt, the Brahma in my avatar felt the need to announce not only her own egg, but every egg laid by her flockmates.
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That is what I call the "team building choir".
Imagine my surprise when my very first pride and joy breeding cockerel joined into the eggs song!several of my hens will seemingly join in something resembling "egg song" when not laying. They do so while another hen *IS* laying (and singing)
After the last culling, most of my boys sound like teenagers whose voice is just beginning to drop gargling mouthwash before their first date.Imagine my surprise when my very first pride and joy breeding cockerel joined into the eggs song!
Even the boys do it, a lot of them!
After the last culling, most of my boys sound like teenagers whose voice is just beginning to drop gargling mouthwash before their first date.
Actually that makes a lot of sense! I couldn't tell myself who was laying last summer because some of them were running in and out of the coop and others were singing along. My hound spent a lot of time at the chicken coop last summer guarding the chickens from an imaginary predator that was making them all squawk!My hens don't, I have plenty of roosters. BUT, and possibly instructive to your situation, several of my hens will seemingly join in something resembling "egg song" when not laying. They do so while another hen *IS* laying (and singing) - generally at some distance from the laying hen. My birds free range during the day on several acres. I theorize that they are doing so in an effort to confuse predators by creating the impression that there are several hens who might be "occupied" and unable to flee as easily as others, and to add confusion as to the site of any given nest....
I thought this was normal - its been my experience since getting chickens - so I've not really thought about it, beyond making up a plausible sounding reason for why it might be occuring. The Real Reason??? No clue. Maybe I'm right. Probably not.
Yes my hens did this too! I figure they were all worked up and excited, but I like your idea that it would be to confuse predators.My hens don't, I have plenty of roosters. BUT, and possibly instructive to your situation, several of my hens will seemingly join in something resembling "egg song" when not laying. They do so while another hen *IS* laying (and singing) - generally at some distance from the laying hen. My birds free range during the day on several acres. I theorize that they are doing so in an effort to confuse predators by creating the impression that there are several hens who might be "occupied" and unable to flee as easily as others, and to add confusion as to the site of any given nest....
I thought this was normal - its been my experience since getting chickens - so I've not really thought about it, beyond making up a plausible sounding reason for why it might be occuring. The Real Reason??? No clue. Maybe I'm right. Probably not.