So, here it is... sorry if this is really ignorant, but I'm a little worried about my girls. The four of them hatched in late February this year, and three have started laying in the past couple of weeks. Thing is, the coop is really close to the house and I can hear them in there in the morning. At least, I can now. There used to be just a little quiet clucking which you could rarely hear in the house. Now it sounds like they're screaming their heads off in the morning, and when I check on them, there aren't any predators or anything about that would make them yell. I'm left to wonder, is laying eggs initially painful for them? If so, does it become more comfortable for them as time goes on? I mean, I'm still amazed at God's creation of the process of birds/eggs to begin with. But if one compares it to our own childbirth process ... sorry, but can't imagine going thru that on a daily basis! Someone please tell me that's not what's happening to my little chickens!
Silly but worried grandmother-hen in La Center, WA ...
Silly but worried grandmother-hen in La Center, WA ...