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[Cetawin]

Beautiful boy gal. Sorry I cannot look at good boys right now...not after my losses in a dog attack, it hurts my heart. cyn can tell you about it.

 

[speckledhen]

Ladyhawk had tragedy involving a Rottweiler who literally went into the coop, started grabbing birds and was met by about 7 roosters, but he managed to kill a few and injure a few others. The dog didn't expect to be met by Lancelot, Meg's son, Hector, and other sons of Suede who joined in, Leo the Silkie, Loki the Silkie, plus some of the tougher hens. Still, Those two sons of Suede left their protected playpen to fight with the others, were killed because they were young and had no spurs to speak of.

Lance is limping, Hector has a puncture wound, Loki was hurt badly, others were killed, along including poor little DK the Silkie, Leo, a white Rock hen and a couple of others, I think. Coincidentally, deputy was standing talking to her on the side of the house opposite the coop so they didn't hear anything, the dog came running past with Atlas in his mouth, she yelled at the deputy to drop the dog, which he did since he had already reached for his sidearm, then Lancelot and Hector, who had been chasing this 120 lb dog, jumped all over the dead body.Then they went to assess the damage in the coop.

The deputy took the dead dog to the owner, who lives behind her, who at first denied he owned the dog. She could hear the conversation through the woods. When he was put on the spot, with the cop saying that everyone in the n'hood says it's your dog so you can bury it, admitted it, started yelling about her killing his dog.The deputy stopped him, told him that he killed the dog in the act with a chicken in its mouth, lots more conversation after that with the owner being warned not to take retribution on LH or the deputy would be back to deal with him. That cop deserves a medal for his work that day. Once again, Lancelot has fought off a large predator, and now, Hector, who is Meg and Suede's son, has some battle experience. I hope that is the last time. This may not end well for Lance if it happens again. That rooster is really beaten the odds. If that cop hadn't been there with LH outside, if all the roosters hadn't worked as a team, this would have been much, much worse.

We've been so shaken up since. I didn't even have to be there, to see it and deal with the aftermath, but thinking of those brave boys makes me tear up all the time, especially on the heels of losing my Zane this past week. Roosters are amazing, some more than others.

 

[goldeneggtees]

We just had an incident with a rottweiler down the block, ran at small kids waiting for the bus. I'm going to check on my neighbors kid's right now. The lady who owns him yelled "don't worry, he's friendly" Yea right!

 

[catdaddyfro]

I always hate to here the news of such catastrophic events esp. with someone's rouge unkept pet.

So sorry for your losses and turmoil LH, glad you had the cop bust the dog's and the owners @$$

I'm in search for info on heritage stock Buff rocks if any of ya'll SDWDers/BYCers have or know the wherabouts of such. thanks

Jeff

 

[seminolewind]

Wow, Cetawin, Cynthia. What a nightmare!
You don't have to tell me about the virtues of roosters. I know they're amazing fellows. Most people don't know any of the amazing things they do.

I'm impatiently waiting for my rooster in a box! I know he got to Tampa at 7:30 this morning.

I had my Polish Town set up where I could see it from the window. But yesterday I realize that when I go to hang out with the birds, there's no where to hang out near that pen. So I decided that they will move to a new pen I'm working on, it's shaded by trees, and right next to my main coop, --and my chair!

 

[speckledhen]

That last incident is one reason I will be adding to my rooster brigade in the main flock. I just have to keep a couple that Isaac approves of and will accept into the group as he did with his son, Ranger. At the time, I didn't have need of another rooster since I had Rex growing out and he was a Delawegger, but now, I don't care about a mixed breed. I just need a good, strong, non-human-aggressive male to help Ike keep track of his 24 hens. I'd even keep a son of Suede, if Ike would tolerate that, but I rather doubt he would since he and Suede are mortal enemies.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

LH, I just have no words to express how feel about the things that went on at your house. My heart just breaks for you and my prayers and thoughts are with you.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

No, I have a rooster named GoobeY

But, yeah, sometimes I call him Goober too.

Or "the little Toe-rag"

 

[seminolewind]

 

[speckledhen]

It's David Bowie!!! Did he sing when he got there?