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scyllarus
Songster
Coming back to ask another question of all ya'll - Have you noticed any particular behaviors around egg songs? I was reading Shadrach's article about egg songs as a call for a rooster escort in chickens and the thought occurred to me that I don't really understand the evolutionary benefit of the egg song. It seems like it would just attract predators.
I don't think quail hens are calling for their roos to escort them since it seems wild quail more or less pair up, but maybe they are? Quail live in coveys, after all, so a lone hen who leaves to lay an egg may be calling for her mate?
I know my hens sing despite being in a 24 sq ft space with two roos - and the rest of the covey - so I'm more inclined to think it's a call for something else.
I don't think quail hens are calling for their roos to escort them since it seems wild quail more or less pair up, but maybe they are? Quail live in coveys, after all, so a lone hen who leaves to lay an egg may be calling for her mate?
I know my hens sing despite being in a 24 sq ft space with two roos - and the rest of the covey - so I'm more inclined to think it's a call for something else.