- Sep 2, 2010
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I believe our wild rooster is dead. He has been missing for a couple of days, and today after walking around the backyard I notice 2 spots of feathers.
My dad thinks it is not the rooster as there is no body and no large feathers, just a bunch of small feathers (should there be large feathers?).
We got him a couple of chickens a few months ago and he is with them every morning until bed time and I do not think he would leave them.
The last 2 years when the turkeys come around he spends time with them but I just don't think he would leave the girls for the turkeys. If anything I think he would try to get the girls to spend time with the turkeys with him.
There is a small hawk in the area but I am told he wouldn't be able to carry the rooster away. I am thinking he did. We removed the raccoons that came into the neighborhood just before we got the girls so there has been no other sightings of them around. There is a dog that was seen roaming but I still think the hawk must have killed it. Or I could be totally wrong and the rooster is hanging out with the turkeys...I just don't think so.
So the question is, where is the body, would there be a body and would there be the large feathers around the smaller feathers???
And the other question is did we endanger him by bringing in the chickens in the first place?
So, we are all sad thinking he is gone.
Lisa
My dad thinks it is not the rooster as there is no body and no large feathers, just a bunch of small feathers (should there be large feathers?).
We got him a couple of chickens a few months ago and he is with them every morning until bed time and I do not think he would leave them.
The last 2 years when the turkeys come around he spends time with them but I just don't think he would leave the girls for the turkeys. If anything I think he would try to get the girls to spend time with the turkeys with him.
There is a small hawk in the area but I am told he wouldn't be able to carry the rooster away. I am thinking he did. We removed the raccoons that came into the neighborhood just before we got the girls so there has been no other sightings of them around. There is a dog that was seen roaming but I still think the hawk must have killed it. Or I could be totally wrong and the rooster is hanging out with the turkeys...I just don't think so.
So the question is, where is the body, would there be a body and would there be the large feathers around the smaller feathers???
And the other question is did we endanger him by bringing in the chickens in the first place?
So, we are all sad thinking he is gone.

Lisa