Things chicken mothers go through - Naughty things our chickens do

[BigBlueHen53]

Every morning at 9 am I go out to clean the poop trays. Usually there are at least two sensible, hard-working, dedicated hens in a couple of the nests, concentrating hard on the job at hand. They ignore me as I go about my business.. then... there's Screech. Screech is a Prairie Bluebell Egger who looks just like a Brown Leghorn. She comes and looks in the door and sees me. And right away, she starts in. Eeeeeeeh? She says.. (What's going on?) Eeeeeeeeeeeh? (What are YOOOOOU doing in the hen house AGAIN?)
EeeeeeeeeEEEEEHHHH? (Are you about DOOOOOONE?) EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHH?
Each screech getting louder and longer until she is SCREAMING at me. I'm hurrying as fast as I can, since I do this every morning it really doesn't take that long. She advances into the hen house now, stalking me.
EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH?
(Aren't you done YET?) Seriously, Screech, I'm almost done! Finally she jumps up on a roost so she's eyeball to eyeball with me.
EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH?
And that's it, I'm done, I'm out of here. Satisfied, she tucks herself into a nest to take care of business. She has evicted the interloper. Again.

 

[LoveChickens27]

Every morning at 9 am I go out to clean the poop trays. Usually there are at least two sensible, hard-working, dedicated hens in a couple of the nests, concentrating hard on the job at hand. They ignore me as I go about my business.. then... there's Screech. Screech is a Prairie Bluebell Egger who looks just loke a Brown Leghorn. She comes and looks in the door and sees me. And right away, she starts in. Eeeeeeeh? She says.. (What's going on?) Eeeeeeeeeeeh? (What are YOOOOOU doing in the hen house AGAIN?)
EeeeeeeeeEEEEEHHHH? (Are you about DOOOOOONE?) EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHH?
Each screech getting louder and longer until she is SCREAMING at me. I'm hurrying as fast as I can, since I do this every morning it really doesn't take that long. She advances into the hen house now, stalking me.
EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH?
(Aren't you done YET?) Seriously, Screech, I'm almost done! Finally she jumps up on a roost so she's eyeball to eyeball with me.
EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH?
And that's it, I'm done, I'm out of here. Satisfied, she tucks herself into a nest to take care of business. She has evicted the interloper. Again.

LOL!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I did not know a hen could generate the kind of decibels Screech can. She about makes my ears ring!

 

[SourRoses]

I did not know a hen could generate the kind of decibels Screech can. She about makes my ears ring!

OT, but we had a cream legbar who's egg song reached heights I never imagined were possible, and she made a 2 hour production of the before and after. Louder than a rooster, so after a few months of realizing I would never get used to it, she and her sister went to a new home.

I wonder what Screech thinks is happening? Doesn't she recognize the giant that brings food?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

OT, but we had a cream legbar who's egg song reached heights I never imagined were possible, and she made a 2 hour production of the before and after. Louder than a rooster, so after a few months of realizing I would never get used to it, she and her sister went to a new home.

I wonder what Screech thinks is happening? Doesn't she recognize the giant that brings food?

Oh I'm sure she does, but in the moment it's all about turf. I'm in her way, she wants to lay her egg, and she wants to get into a nest RIGHT NOW. Do you have siblings? Ever been in the bathroom with somebody on the other side of the door pounding on it and yelling, I GOTTA GO, LET ME INNNN! It doesn't matter if you're the sister who makes the best cookies, this is an emergency!

 

[LoveChickens27]

Oh I'm sure she does, but in the moment it's all about turf. I'm in her way, she wants to lay her egg, and she wants to get into a nest RIGHT NOW. Do you have siblings? Ever been in the bathroom with somebody on the other side of the door pounding on it and yelling, I GOTTA GO, LET ME INNNN! It doesn't matter if you're the sister who makes the best cookies, this is an emergency!

LOL! Yes, that is so true!