Oh my neighbors, they are great people. Very nice, albeit odd, but so are we in our own way I guess. Their chickens always free range, he has a little coop he built for 8 of them, sufficient I think. But all summer they slept in some trees by our porch, he has three roos and they crow all the time. Well now it's winter and they still sleep in the trees. He said he doesn't know why they won't go to the coop. THey look pitiful. They are cold and wet and miserable, I am surprised they ever survived. But lately I've only seen two of them and they are always crowing like they are calling the rest. Not sure if the others died or not. It is like 10*F tonight. Their combs are black with frostbite, they stand on my porch with one leg up trying to get warm hiding behind a cinder block to get away fromt he wind. I just feel so bad for them. The one roo is so mean he attacks me anytime I go in my yard so I don't dare touch the crazy thing, if he were mine I'd cull him. He is the meanest roo I've ever seen. But this just kills me. He is outside now in my tree by himself with no warmth and is wet. He and the other roo look skinny too. Oh, I hate seeing them like this. I just want to go out there and pick them up and put them in my coop but I can't, that mean roo attacks my girls and rooster all the time as well as my kids. I just don't know what to do. It breaks my heart to see them. Just a pitiful sight and I needed to get it off my chest. I can't stop thinking about them. It's snowing like crazy, windy and very cold. They got rained on and now it's below freezing. I really hate it. And he is sleeping in my tree with the snow and wind blowing all around him, and now now other chickens to keep him warm, he's all alone. Oh listen to me, I sound pathetic. I feels so sorry for them. Does anyone know how I feel, am I just being stupid??
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