But alas! We do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built, and cheer no traveler with their chattering and unmusical notes.

可是，唉！我们不喜欢燕八哥和杜鹃，它们个鸟禽所筑造的巢中去下蛋，那叽叽喳喳的不协和乐音并不能使行路经过的人听了快乐。

I will keep the chickens for eggs, she thought.

她想，我会把鸡留着让它们下蛋。

Well, the super-flock actually killed each other, so it turned out that the average flock laid more eggs in total and was more successful.

好吧，特级鸡群事实上杀死了彼此，所以结果是普通鸡群下蛋总数最多，并且它们是更成功的。

This is where they mate and lay their eggs.

他们会在水里配对、下蛋。

But his hens still haven't laid their first eggs.

但是他的母鸡还没有开始下蛋。

Most birds lay their eggs in their nests.

大部分的鸟在它们的巢中下蛋。

And my chickens have stopped laying eggs.

我的鸡已经不下蛋了。

And this rabbit was still able to lay eggs like a bird.

而这只兔子还能像鸟一样下蛋。

And Terrence, now Terry, started acting weird, laying eggs.

特伦斯，现在叫特里，开始举止怪异，下蛋。

Quick anecdote about that is that cuckoos know that the host birds can count.

还有一个小故事，杜鹃知道寄主鸟在下蛋时会数数。

Why aren't the chickens laying any eggs?

小鸡们为什么不下蛋？

After an egg is laid, albatrosses take turns sitting on it to keep it warm.

下蛋后，它们会轮流坐在蛋上以保持蛋的温度。

I don't graze pastures, pull plows, lay eggs, produce drinkable milk, or make wool.

我不去放牧，不拉犁，不下蛋，不产奶，也不产羊毛。

You're laying an egg--that is, I hope you are--and you are entitled to privacy.

你正在下蛋 --我是说，我希望你如此--你应该有天鹅隐私权。

You're kickin' up more sand than a sea turtle layin' eggs.

你踢起来的沙子 比海龟下蛋踢得还多。

The shape made them perfect nesting sites for these birds.

这种形状使它们成为这些鸟儿下蛋的最佳场所。

But they will hatch within two weeks of being laid.

不过它们会在下蛋后两星期内孵化。

They're not just all laying their eggs within a few weeks of each other.

它们并不是用几周的时间来下蛋。

I would not see an egg laid if I stayed there, so I went to an empty henhouse, and I hid in the straw at the back, and I waited and I waited and I waited.

如果我待在那里，我就看不下蛋，所以我去了一个空鸡舍，我藏在后面的稻草里，我就在那等啊等啊等。

I can't believe it's Christmas already. You know, I mean, one day your eating turkey, the next thing ya know, your lords are a-leaping and you geese are a-laying.

真不敢相信圣诞节又了。我们才刚吃完了感恩节火鸡，转眼呢，现在又了圣人跳跃和呆鹅下蛋的圣诞节。