Man I hate the egg laying song!

[KettermanHillCoop]

Mr. King is the loudest singer out my crew. He sings right along with the girls. Bashful sounds like she needs a throat lozenge...she couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, the poor thing.

I love when I'm at the coop in time to collect an egg that was just freshly laid. That warm egg makes me all happy and fuzzy inside.

 

[lazy gardener]

I love the egg song, though I wonder which of the neighbors are muttering curses at me and my loud birds when the whole flock gets going. And sometimes, I wonder if it's a distress alarm. A quick glance out the window will assure me that all is well. If I see a bird or two going about their business, then I know all is well.

If I'm out tending birds, and see a gal standing in the nest, I will wait till she plops it out, then tuck it in my pocket along with all the others. Nothing like finding a warm egg!

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Whenever I hear it I think my chicken are in distress so I run out and disturb them. I am sure I will settle down with time, but it doesn't sound like a happy moment.

When I first heard "the song" my first thought was.... Egg Song??? Eh...me thinks it's more of a "Get this dang thing out of me!!!" scream!!! You know...like human child birth without an epidural!

But humans want to make everything butterflies and rainbows...so they give it a cutesy little name like "Egg Song".

 

[lazy gardener]

But, the egg song can occur at any time: She sees some one else GETTING READY TO lay an egg. Some one else HAS laid an egg. She IS thinking about laying an egg. She IS laying an egg. She HAS laid an egg. Or, she is merely thinking ABOUT an egg.

 

[lazy gardener]

And some hens are so secretive that they NEVER sing the egg song.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Wait until you get a hen comfortable enough to be held and she lays an egg on your lap.
I've had this happen on more than one occasion. One was a guinea she had her band around her foot instead of her leg I gently lifted her up no signs of about to lay an egg and baboom eggo fell i missed it and it smashed, another time I was holding my top of the pecking order hen who is also a pet and she layed one in my arms. I thought for sure she had poo'd on me but it was a nice breakfast meal.

 

[WVduckchick]

I have a young pullet inside that has only been laying for maybe a month. I looked for her egg the other day and she hadn't laid yet. Went back a few minutes later, and there it was. She hadn't made any extra noises at all. Plop, there it is!

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

But, the egg song can occur at any time: She sees some one else GETTING READY TO lay an egg. Some one else HAS laid an egg. She IS thinking about laying an egg. She IS laying an egg. She HAS laid an egg. Or, she is merely thinking ABOUT an egg.

Or...it's butt-kicking contractions!

 

[Hopperkiller]

That song is an excellent clue to where a yard nest is. When egg production slows in coop i listen for the song and hustle outside to find that hens location. Had about 20 eggs in a rusty bucket of nails i had been pulling from used lumber. Who da thunk?

 

[lazy gardener]

Nah, Me thinks the whole "screaming woman" thing is a fabrication of the movies for the drama of it all. Gotta fill the screen time with something while waiting for the baby to start squalling.