We had a rooster someone just 'dropped' and abandoned near our property. The roo was running between my flock and my neighbor's trying to show his ownership over everyone. Even bulling my roosters
Well, he's been around since October. Hubby shot at him a few times and they went rooster hunting on Thanksgiving even. Well they finally caught him last Sunday & the neighbor made stew. Since then his birds started laying again, and so have mine! I think maybe he stressed everyone into not laying, because my neighbor was lucky to get 1 egg a week from his 9 birds?!