The night prior I had grabbed a handful of the neighbor's "Pepper Tree" leaves and thrown it in their pen. I do this all the time with my goats. When he died I was afraid that maybe the leaves poisoned him. But none of the other hens or roos were affected.
One idea I did have was that our...
We had a beautiful Buff Orpington Rooster. About 6 months old. Actually thought he was a she until he grew a comb and start crowing over-night. So we called him Butch.
Anyhow, he was big and healthy and very friendly. We kept him in an all enclosed coop with two hens. One night the dogs were...