SAB Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Our 5 year old Copper Maran has not laid for well over a year and we do not expect her to do so again, however recently she has started making "laying" noises, even when wandering around the garden. This is driving our other chickens and our turkeys mad, leading them to shout at her, so you can imagine it gets a bit noisy - she is driving us all nuts! A small robin even stopped by to have a look at her! Has anyone else had an older chicken who has done anything similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Never heard of a chicken doing that regularly. I have one that does it on rare occasions though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I've not had a chicken doing that but I did once have a very old dog who wandered about barking in a funny voice. The vet said it was "senile barking". Perhpas you have a case of "senile clucking" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 I too had come to the conclusion it was senililty setting in... BUT...today after 2 years of not laying, she layed a lovely big brown egg!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Could it have been that she has been laying all along but somebody else in the flock has been eating her egg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I don't think so - none of our flock have been prone to egg eating - she laid again today, so just one of those mysteries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...