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 ...

Are you superstitious? Have you heard that a whistling girl and a crowing hen are bad luck? Playwright and bluegrass musician Tom Godleski is at it again, combining mountain fables, music, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Megan Barrett started having suspicions about the yellow chick when it was 3 weeks old. While the others she'd purchased for her first flock of egg-laying hens were docile, this one was inquisitive ...

SAN JOSE -- 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 ...