No Mean Roosters

You may recall that a while back someone gave me three roosters to add to my rescued creatures menagerie.  One of those roosters was rather mean.  All three looked alike so it was hard to tell which one was the culprit or if they all had that tendency.  I did notice that the tail feathers were various lengths on each of them.  At last there was a way to tell them apart.  I determined that the mean one was the one at the bottom of the pecking order as he had the fewest and shortest feathers.

Although we had several confrontations both verbal and physical, he was a slow learner.  After attacking me one day while I was trying to rescue another creature who was stuck in the fence, Mr. Mean Rooster got put into a cage.  He had a harem gathered by this point and at first his hens would all gather 'round his cage at night.

One day a man stopped and asked if I had any roosters for sale.  I said "No, but I have a mean one you can have for free."  He said he didn't have anything with him to put the bird in and he would be back.  I wrote him off and didn't expect to see him again so Mr. Mean Rooster stayed in his cage.  A couple of days later the man came back wanting to buy a rooster.  (slow learner like the rooster?)  I told him I still had the free one but still nothing for sale.  Again he said he didn't have anything to put the bird in. (again, slow learner?)  I made up a box, caught the rooster, stuffed it into the box and sent Mr. Mean Rooster and Mr. Slow Learner on their way.

At least three of this years chicks which were hatched by hens are roosters.  There won't be a shortage and so far, no one seems to be missing Mr. Mean Rooster.