The Girls are Back in Business!

Yipee!
The husband complained when he had to actually purchase eggs at the local store.
I think we have purchased a total of 6 dozen eggs in the last six years or so.
I get about a dozen eggs every two days now from the hens. It's nice to have an egg glut! We went without eggs for a few months as my older hens were going through their molt and weren't laying. My other girls were just pullets, and hadn't begun production yet. Then one day I found an egg. The next day there were three eggs. The next day I found another nest and I had a total of 8 eggs. We had quiche for dinner! The following day, another nest was discovered and the first green egg of the season appeared. I think it's one of the new girls.
Several of the red mixed hens share a dog house that was vacated because of the flood. I discovered this when I was awoken one morning by the cackling of a hen that has just laid an egg. She was quite proud of herself and wanted everyone to know. I looked out the window and saw her emerging from the run with the dog house in it. Later in the day I checked it out, and found a few other eggs, also. Some of the other hens are being proper and using the chichen coop with the built-in nests that the husband built. I've seen a speckled hen and one of the banties, and I believe a black Muscovy hen has claimed the far right nest. I surprised her this morning as I was checking the nests.
The other area that is producing is a crate in the barn by the saddle. The girls line up for that one. They also go behind it and lay their egg in a depression in the sandy dirt floor that I just lined with fresh hay. I will have to get a few more crates put out for them. They love the hay I just got from Sue. It smells so good! When I put clean hay in the nests, it seems like they can't wait to get in there and lay an egg!
My chickens are Americana, Speckled Sussex and a combination of the two. I also have a few banty's running around, as well as some Cornish cross.
Here's a question I have... After the hen lays her egg, why do you think she cackles about it? It seems to me that making so much noise is likely to attract a predator (me!) to the egg and endanger the hen.