Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

[Perris]

sounds familiar

Have you read Shad's article on 'it's not an egg song, it's an escort call'? Well worth your time.

here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-not-about-the-egg-it’s-an-escort-call.74386/

 

[kattabelly]

sounds familiar

Have you read Shad's article on 'it's not an egg song, it's an escort call'? Well worth your time.

here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-egg-song-it’s-not-about-the-egg-it’s-an-escort-call.74386/

Yeah I have, thanks.

She does the "egg song" after laying but often won't if he's right outside. Before it's like the quiet clucking you sometimes hear if you open a nest box while one's in the middle of laying an egg, only a louder and more agitated version when she wants to go to the nest and lay.

 

[thistlewick]

I have hens that sing before they lay in right in front of the nests. I have hens that sing out wandering around, in this instance I think that's an escort request - Chuck does do this, sometimes. I have hens that sing after they lay, perhaps an escort request as well to go 'back out' to the flock? Perhaps, it never works, Chuck never ever comes for that.

This might be why he's got like 3-4 girls who like him out of my 16 layers.

I saw him trying to get with one of the new girls yesterday. He's trying to have game lol

Some hens don't sing at all and never have.

Chicken TV is the best animal documentary e v e r