| FLOCK | A group of chickens with a social hierarchy |
| PEEP | A glimpse; a sandpiper; a feeble complaint; or, a group of chickens (4) |
| SCOTSGREYS | Domestic chickens with a plumage that resembles tartan (5,5) |
| PEEKS | Word for furtive looks through narrow openings; eyes; high feeble chirps; or, groups of chickens (5) |
| BATTERY | Group of chicken cages |
| GOLDEN | _ Montazah is a breed of chickens with barred plumage, developed at a research farm in Egypt (6) |
| HOUDAN | Old French breed of chickens with large crests, often with mottled plumage, mostly kept as show birds (6) |
| CLUTCHES | Brood of chickens, with feed half gone, may be seized (8) |
| BANDARA | Heavy, white breed of chickens with duplex combs, developed in Egypt (7) |
| CLUTCHED | Brood of chickens, with feed half gone, may be seized (8) |
| WHITE | The Spanish ___ Face is an old breed of chickens with black plumage (5) |
| SPECKLED | The ___ Sussex is a breed of chicken with flecked plumage and a good tolerance of temperature variations (8) |
| PECKINGORDER | A social hierarchy based on dominance, originally noted in hens (7,5) |
| RANKS | Positions in a social hierarchy |
| CASTE | Level in a social hierarchy |
| CHASSEUR | Chicken ____, French dish of fried chicken with a sauce of mushrooms, onions etc. (8) |
| ENTREE | Main course is a headless chicken with a pedigree! (6) |
| CAPON | Chicken with a portion of potatoes, tinned (5) |
| KOEKOEK | The Potchefstroom ___ is a breed of chicken with blackand-white plumage developed at the agricultural college (7) |
| SUMATRA | Indonesian island on which a rare breed of chicken with black plumage originated (7) |
