SEPARATION ANXIETY in my hen??????????

I have no clue but I'm curious. Does she use the same nesting box as the early layer? Maybe she doesn't like the other gal using "her" box?

 

I think it is just the hen singing the "egg song". Probably louder to you than to your neighbors, and less annoying than barking dogs. If you are really worried, work on a good relationship with your neighbors - it is harder to complain about someone who has gone out of their way to be nice to you!

 

One of our hens will do the same thing whenever the other hens go in the nesting box. She will even start singing the eggs song for them. I think she is just a combination of a Lamaze coach and cheerleader doing what she can to "encourage" the rest.


Either that or she is just nuts...it's a toss-up!

 

You only have 2 hens. Hens don't like being out of visual contact with at least one other hen. Try keeping them both inside the coop until the first hen lays her egg. Then let them out. See if that has anything to do with it.

(Or..you could get some more hens - just to see if that will help.)

 

I think she's just a vocal one. She feels obligated to sing for the non-singing chicken.

Are you very very close to your neighbors?

I used to worry about chicken noises from my house until i realized that when i was on the other side of my own house, i couldn't hear them myself. The egg song isn't nearly the noise problem that rooster crowing is in my opinion. Of course, i personally love the rooster crowing too.

 

I had my White Leghorn, Jane, yelling at my BA, Chickadee, to hurry up & get out of the nest box this morning! Even though there are 7 other nest boxes, she wanted to use that one!