Screeching hen

[Sparrowsong98]

View attachment 1143614 OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! As I suspected, their first egg and my first egg as a chicken owner!!! She stopped making noises for a while and I got concerned now that she was quiet again (ironic) and I checked on her and BAM there was an EGG

Congrats on the egg. Go figure. Leghorns are the drama queens. Sound like they are about to die any times things ruffle their feathers. They groan, screech, scream. With a leghorn, the sound that means trouble is silence. They are either loud or dead I have found. Now not to worry, I mean all quiet when I say that. That means the coop makes no sound. Unless it is night, no sound is generally not the best. I was holding my first hen when she laid her first egg. I was like 5 at the time. I was worried I was holding here too tight, so I loosened up my grip, and she was still screaming, so I held her a little tighter, and after about 5 minutes of me loosening and tightening my grip on her, an egg popped out, but sadly broke on the floor.

 

[Embalmergirl]

Congratulations!!! The first egg is always the most exciting. All of mine are very chatty on the mornings that they're going to lay an egg. Chickens like to share their very important activities.