What, exactly, IS a *Flock*?!?

[21hens-incharge]

Lol, I've always liked that they were called a murder. There are some other weird animal group names that I can't think of off the top of my head...
A quick google search found them though! http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html

Edited to add a link.

I read down through "cats" and I had to agree with the names for groups of those!!

 

[Kusanar]

I read down through "cats" and I had to agree with the names for groups of those!!

Yes, we have a Nuisance of cats in our basement... 5 to be exact... plus one honorary one.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

According to the link @Kusanar posted, chickens aren't even in flocks!!!

Chickens (General) and either a Brood or Peep

Chickens (Chicks) are either a Clutch or Chattering

 

[Kusanar]

According to the link @Kusanar posted, chickens aren't even in flocks!!!

Chickens (General) and either a Brood or Peep

Chickens (Chicks) are either a Clutch or Chattering

Though I guess they could be Birds (Ground): Flock, Dissimulation or even Birds (Game): Volary, Brace, Plump, Knob

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Webster's defines a flock:
a group of animals (such as birds or sheep) assembled or herded together

As defined from both sites, it's used as a plural definition - meaning anything more than one. So a flock is a group (more than one) or a number of animals such as birds (more than one). Not an arbitrarily defined set of numbers just plural.
So, yes two birds would be a flock if they assembled together in some sort of group.

 

[Bridger Davis]

Anything 2 and over is a flock. I don't think there is a general amount. Everyone had a different amount of birds in their flock.

I agree!

 

[rosemarythyme]

1. A chicken
2. Pair
3. Trio
4. 4-9 several
5. 10 or more Flock

I have a several of chickens! Wait, that doesn't sound quite right....

 

[Sunshine Flock]

You just had to ask.

We probably all agree that one is not a flock. I repeat. One chicken is not a flock; it is simply a chicken. One chicken.

Two a flock does not make. In my chicken book anyways. I'm writing the book, so I get to make my own rules.

Three is pushing it, too.

Calling four a flock is like rounding $3.49 up on your tax return and claiming a deduction for $4 when the IRS says you really only have $3 coming to you.

Five is nice. That's your flock. Five and above is flock worthy.

But if you start out with five hens and one dies, thereby demoting the flock to non-flock status, you are welcome to still claim flock status. This is the one exception.

 

[aart]

@CarolinaSunshineFlock
Fantastic!

 

[8 Chicks 1967]

I have a several of chickens! Wait, that doesn't sound quite right....

Just leave the "A" out and you will be good. "How many chickens do you have?" " I have several."