Loved the article. Your observations and theories are interesting and make sense. It doesn't seem as loud in our coop since we lost one of our roosters and are down to just one.
This is a great place to be. Raising chickens is definitely a learning experience. New wisdom (and laughter and love, really the whole gamut of emotions) every day. Chickens never cease to amaze, entertain, and even anger you sometimes. Enjoy your journey!
I found her nearly naked wandering around and crying so I raised her. Once she could fly, she just continued to hang out with us. A couple months later our grandkids saw another one. I told them I didn't want to know about it or where it was, but it wandered up by the house and I couldn't help...