Chicken Laying an Egg

One of our "girls" laying an egg. Total time from beginning to end was about 32 minutes. This video highlights some of the behavior during the egg laying process, including defensive behavior against predators (which was our standard poodle outside the chicken coop).

The location is in Colorado, in the middle of January; the chickens started laying at the beginning of the month.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• chicken
• egg
• laying
• boxes
• behavior
• urban homestead
• hobby farm

[MissSashaFierce1982]

do they all make a noise when they lay an egg or just some of them?

[thomaswilhelm]

@MissSashaFierce1982 They usually make that noise whenever they lay; they seem loud when you're near them, but they do their business in their coop, so it's not that loud outside. Our neighbors have chickens as well, and I never hear them... I just hear mine when I'm in the back garden (20' away). Now... another neighbor has a rooster, and we definitely hear that, but it's far enough away that it's not a nuisance.

[MissSashaFierce1982]

how long do they make that noise for after they lay an egg?

[thomaswilhelm]

@MissSashaFierce1982 Only for a minute or two. If I'm in the garden and I hear that noise, I typically go check things out since I assume that an egg was laid.

[JerushaDahm]

@thomaswilhelm I'm confused. The hen sounded pretty quite the majority of the time she was getting ready to lay, except for a mild soft clucking at the beginning of the video. The next time we heard her wasn't she just reacting to you picking up her egg? Wasn't that just her anti-predator call? Or would she have vocalized like that anyway? Are there any words or names to describe the various chicken vocalizations? Thanks!

[thomaswilhelm]

@JerushaDahm They pretty much all do the vocalization at the end after they lay an egg - she wasn't just reacting to me taking the egg.

[steamingleo]

You named a hen Kenny?? Reminds me of the boy calling the bird in the movie UP "kevin".... chicks with boy names are so cute!

[mikiatia1]

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[meeptron1]

Looks to me like you have alot of Girl friends

[drawinglegogames]

Are chickens quack like a duck and scream before they lay an egg

[TheMicky2812]

Saw my chicken laying an egg today the first egg from her

[Sam00ma]

Will the hens lay eggs with other chickens in their coop with them?

[Duke2057]

@MissSashaFierce1982 sometimes one day before they lay a egg they make nosie that they going to lay a egg

[shmelabellaXD]

moody chicken.. :)



[abbysheree83]

ok, even though i have chickens.I have never heard that sound come out of a chicken!

[ryan21guts]

its so boring