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 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — 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.

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 ...

Regarding the April 15 letter, Chickens in Residential Areas? No Clucking Way: I have lived in both rural and urban settings. For a number of years I raised chickens - 200 or more at the peak. I agree ...

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 ...

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, ...

After a decade of living with our new Constitution, most South Africans are well aware of the strong stand it takes against unfair treatment because of one’s sex or sexual orientation. Similarly, most ...

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 ...