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The rooster's motto is probably, "Have hens, will travel!"

A tightly formed egg would make sense. I had a hard time breaking it open and getting it out. I live in the country but we do have neighbors who have a few roosters. I wondered if it were possible they met each other somehow, lol.

Tips on finding a full grown rooster late in the game?

We gathered eggs yesterday morning, and I found one that when you shook it a tiny bit it felt hard inside. I thought perhaps there could be a developing chick inside, which would be difficult considering we don't have a rooster. When it was cracked and put into a measuring cup to check it out...

We got ours at Sportsmans Warehouse. They're hard to find in stores. Not sure if it's in high demand or if fewer places are selling traps. Anyway, you can order them online for the same price (I'm thinking $20) but go ahead and order a few so you aren't in the thick of it waiting for it to ship!

No LOL not cat proof. We used cat food as bait on recommendation and I guess she couldn't help herself. Her foot was not broken, we saw her running around on our property the next day.

Yes, they are very reliable traps. We tried it again the next day, to make sure it was just the one coon... and we caught a stray cat. Living out in the country, there's all kinds of things roaming around. She was very upset, and it was not fun getting her off the trap, but we did manage to get...

I am not cut out to be a chicken photographer haha.

2.5 months

I keep thinking the feathers look right for a rooster, but I can't tell for sure if they are or I'm just being too hopeful.

I thought I might update this for anyone looking to solve a similar problem in the future. It was a raccoon. We know this because we purchased a humane trap where the raccoon sticks his hand down a cylinder and sets off a spring. Their hand gets caught in the trap - but you do have to get it off...

What do you think? It acts different than the others, has a kind of purplish hue, it's tail is a lot shorter and has always had a slight bend to it. It's comb is slightly taller, face is more red. But I'm not an expert, so I'm asking for opinions. Thanks!

I have seen feathers laying around, actually. I had no idea where all of them were coming from, didn't even think of them molting.

My hens are just about a year old. They began laying in the fall and I was even able to get one egg pretty much every afternoon. But, when the weather began getting colder, I noticed the laying slowed down and eventually came to a stop... for three months. They still haven't picked back up on...

Unfortunately yesterday I found one of my favorite Barred Rock hens dead. She had been killed and pulled through the fencing (I didn't get a picture). I saw some chewing on a few boards on the outside, but framed our newest cat. I thought for sure this cat killed my chicken, but then this...

Sounds like you have a plan, but you may try farming some worms of sorts. I know they do need protein, however they will pick up bugs here and there for sure with that amount of land. Some Amish folks do not grain feed their chickens, but grass feed.