What does this chicken want?

[first_chicken]

This hen is going to lay very soon and just showed the sign of squatting when approaching in the past several days. I assume the sound she made means she wants to lay. I put her in a nesting box where other hens are laying but she did not lay, and just kept making this kind of noise or sometimes even something like a egg song. I really don't know what this chicken wants. Can someone help me? I am really exhausted by her noise. Thank you.

 

[Shadrach]

This hen is going to lay very soon and just showed the sign of squatting when approaching in the past several days. I assume the sound she made means she wants to lay. I put her in a nesting box where other hens are laying but she did not lay, and just kept making this kind of noise or sometimes even something like a egg song. I really don't know what this chicken wants. Can someone help me? I am really exhausted by her noise. Thank you.

If she's getting close to laying and crouching for you and making what gets called the egg song calls, she calling for a rooster. It's instinctive. While they may not consciously know they need a rooster to fertilize their eggs, most in my experience make the same call be there a rooster present or not.
If the other hens lay in a nest box, she will probably follow suit when she's ready.

 

[first_chicken]

If she's getting close to laying and crouching for you and making what gets called the egg song calls, she calling for a rooster. It's instinctive. While they may not consciously know they need a rooster to fertilize their eggs, most in my experience make the same call be there a rooster present or not.
If the other hens lay in a nest box, she will probably follow suit when she's ready.

Thank you for the explanation. I could not keep a rooster so there is no rooster. The noise in the video is fine but the egg song is really too loud. She makes the egg song almost every 20 minutes. Really bothered by that noise and hope my neighbors don't complain about that

 

[SamLockwood]

Some of them are just more vocal than others. Some are "drama queens" that will carry on at the slightest provocation. If you're worried about your neighbors, either move your set up as far as possible away from them or try driving them with some fresh eggs.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Some of them are just more vocal than others. Some are "drama queens" that will carry on at the slightest provocation. If you're worried about your neighbors, either move your set up as far as possible away from them or try driving them with some fresh eggs.

Egg bribery in the suburbs is definitely a Thing!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Thank you for the explanation. I could not keep a rooster so there is no rooster. The noise in the video is fine but the egg song is really too loud. She makes the egg song almost every 20 minutes. Really bothered by that noise and hope my neighbors don't complain about that

You may have misinterpreted @Shadrach 's reply a bit. It doesn't matter that you don't have a rooster. Her instincts - and a LOT of what chickens do are driven by instinct - are that there's supposed to be a rooster around somewhere to help escort her to the nest boxes and back again. This instinct leads her to make the escort call, which many people (not understanding all this) call the egg song.

Mine have been laying for several months now, and generally the only noise they make is when waiting for a flock sister to get off the nest that they want (which is right next to an identical and empty one. ) The only one who still makes an escort call/ egg song is the buff Orpington, who otherwise is the most chill and mellow member of the flock. (Other than alarm calls for seen or suspected predators - she has assumed the role of flock protector.)