After hearing the egg song, I wondered how many eggs a chicken lay daily. I know it varies based on breed, but I have no farm experience, and I thought they lay one a day. The Old Farmer's Almanac ...

Hobby farmer Chrissy Chin currently owns 80 chickens. Chrissy Chin. Chin said chickens will also occasionally sing "the egg song"—the noise other hens make when a flock member is laying.

Each hen has her own egg song that she belts out with gusto when a fresh egg is laid. Beyond vocal language, the birds communicate with subtle gestures and movement of their feathers, ...

Fresh from the chicken coop eggs are nice, but our NPR chicken person says there's another — deeper — reason to keep hens. ... the egg song starts at about the 2 minute 25 second mark.

While in the chicken coop, we heard a few cackling "That's called an egg song. When they lay eggs, they announce to the world, 'I laid an egg,'" Wainwright said.

After hearing the egg song, I wondered how many eggs a chicken lay daily. I know it varies based on breed, but I have no farm experience, and I thought they lay one a day. The Old Farmer's Almanac ...