Look what I've found

Maggie seems to change her personality every week.   Last week she was a bad-tempered old bat, this week she's calling out to the others to let them know she's found food.   She doesn't eat it herself, just points out to the others that it's there.  

Maggie in a mellow mood

Needless to say, Irene responds as fast as she can.   Most of the others make their way over too, leaving Fizz wondering where all his girls have gone.

I wonder if Maggie has finally remembered that she was expecting to have chicks around her by now, and has decided that the other girls will make a good enough substitute.   There is another explanation.   Last week she did Fizz's job for him and protected the flock from a lone dove (see In a fowl mood, 12 July).  Maybe she's decided that by also taking over his task of indicating where food is, she'll be well on her way to becoming an honorary cockerel.   http://sciencefocus.com/qa/can-chickens-really-change-gender  makes interesting reading on that subject.