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What a great marriage guidance video.This reminds me I meant to compile a burble video.
When Unquestioned & Most Esteemed Head Hen Brahma Donna is about to lay, she turns into Most Cantankerous Head Hen. Scolding, running others out of the coop, etc. Stilton sometimes steps up as mediator, providing Donna with the Head-Hen-level egg-laying escort she deserves.
While Stilton serenaded and nested for over 20 minutes, Donna chased her friends, took a walk, had a bite to eat, and (as expected) settled into the only nest Stilton hadn't recommended. Stilton eventually purred himself to sleep in a nest box. The vocalizations are a hoot.
Videos like these are fantastic for demonstrating the behaviour of chickens.
Many many chicken keepers have never seen a couple like this go nest choosing. Unfortunately it's the case for many of the natural behaviours that are rarely discussed in keeping conditions topics. Some of these couples will walk from one place to another for hours, often a discussion taking place until they hit a no cover spot and make a dash across it. I could swear I've seen a rooster tapping his foot while waitng for a hen to stop wiggling in the nest which she had rejected earlier.
Seriously, videos like these are important. If I could persuade you to write a short article explaning what is going on and the video, we would both have done chickens a service.