I heard that Chicken Run is a very funny movie. I should rent it.

My ladies and 2 gentlemen, are for eggs, so they will not go into the stew pot for a long time....as long as the ladies lay and the boys do their boy thing (which includes keeping social order in the flock of females)....they get to hang around in relative luxury in their fully insulated, elevated condo-coop.

If a rooster is not present, a female takes on the role and even attempts to crow like a male. The impersonators are not always as fair and will still henpeck the ladies at the bottom of the pecking order, where as the males are more fair about things.

Rrae is right, they are smarter than one thinks. They also DO have personalities. Lars is a very good provider. Anders is the looker but has no inclination to care for his ladies. Lars looks after his ladies. He clucks to them when he finds food and her herds them into the coop....Anders stays out late and parties. Lars will even come to me and sit on my hand....Anders is not so inclined. Of course for a month, I thought Anders was a girl! Poor guy...imagine his ego!

I hope that the two roosters get along. So far, so good. With all the room they have and this many hens, they should be fine. If not, Anders goes in the pot.