Yeah... 9 of my 10 chickens (including my rooster) did not come back home last night. They've been poking around in my neighbor's 40 acre corn field and either got lost or got eaten. Now, if they don't come back, I'll have 1 hen, all by herself. I feel worse for her than I do for me.
About three months ago, My wife and I went to the local Agway and bought 10 "hens" who were at that time 6 days old. Every day since then, my concerns grow more and more founded that one of them is in fact a rooster. Being that I live in a rather rural area, and that my chickens have the run...