Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur

by Sy Montgomery

We didn’t need a rooster to get our hens to lay (though only fertilized eggs will hatch), but a rooster has much to offer a flock. Hens can hope for no better protector than a good rooster. We can’t be in the yard with them every minute, but a rooster can, and he will fight to the death to protect his flock.