My Rooster died, how will my hens feel?

[Bridgetandthechicks]

Very sorry for your loss. There will be some rearranging of the pecking order since he is gone. They will miss him, especially the ones close to him. If you have his body and keep it cold, but not frozen, you could take it or send it to your state vet lab for a necropsy to find a cause of death. They might be closed for holiday on Monday. The sooner after death the necropsy is done, the better the chances for a diagnosis. Here is a list of state vet labs:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry...7IOlHOhP-eD8qMtZ70RNq6BMO9kVUn3x6so7q0Z_JgEr8

Thank you for your consideration . We buried Smudge in our garden an hour or so after his passing. He’s buried close to our coop. We don’t know many vets for our chickens as we haven’t had much complications with him and have only had one other death in the flock. This was a half-blind rooster who had tried to escape his separate house and was fatally injured.
Most of my hens are feisty, so it’s interesting to think about how they’re going to arrange the pecking order.