Several old proverbs warn of the dangers of whistling women and crowing hens. In Scotland, neither will bring luck to the house they are in. In America, they will come to no good end. Indeed, in a ...

People often ask if our farm sanctuary can provide a home for their roosters. In many cases, they purchased baby chickens with the expectation that they were all young hens, but at least one turned ...

Those adorable balls of fluff and feathers that were so irresistible at Easter can become a backyard chicken fancier’s worst nightmare when four months later, one starts crowing. With most California ...

Kay Eagle with Ginger, the crowing hen which is developing spurs and behaving like a rooster. The quiet settlement of Maketu has been rocked by a one-in-10,000 occurrence - a hen changing into a ...

Around this time of year, many of us find some of our spring chicks are starting to crow. Chickens hatch out 50-percent male and 50-percent female, so if you hatched your own chicks or ordered ...

There are many reasons a rooster may crow but they often come back to two main points – territory and alerting the flock. Beyond the morning crow, which appears to be a wake-up call for the flock, ...