The egg laying call!

[chick-e-chick]

When the hens lay their egg, do they make that loud bak-bak-bak noise while the egg is coming out, or after they've layed it as a kind of 'announcement'?

 

[gotchooks?]

Mine do it a few minutes before they jump in the nest box, during laying, and a few minutes after.

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[EllyMae]

ditto that

 

[chick-e-chick]

I wondered because I'm not usually around when they lay, today one of them was making the 'call' and I ran out to peep and she was off the nest and in the run and the egg was already in the nest. Thanks for your quick replies!

 

[Wynette]

Some of my girls sing the chicken egg song when one of the other hens lays!

And, I've got one that sings the song that's a juvenile and not even close to laying. Sheesh! I know how you feel, you get so excited!

 

[chick-e-chick]

Wynette, I'm glad you said that because when I went out the other day, one hen was in the run singing the 'egg song' and another hen pooped out of the house and there was a lovely warm newly layed egg in there and I wondered what was going on!!! It is exciting isn't it!

 

[kaya's farm]

my roo's come running so they can be the first to mate the hen after she laid an egg?? That may have something to do with it???