Heris had to admit they were handsome, as decorative as young roosters.

One morning he awakened when the chorus of young roosters crowed on their perches.

To maintain fertility, younger roosters may be introduced as the flock ages.

"Don't let them hurt the children," he said; his voice creaked like that of a young rooster learning to crow.

"It doesn't have to make sense, you uppity young rooster, it only has to make money!"

Anna was twenty now, living with her mother and some randy young rooster who knew when he was well off.

Quite often he sounded like a young rooster trying to crow.

"There do be a pair av young roosters out there just asking for it," she said meditatively.