The chicken formerly known as Prudence

[gardenak]

Last Sunday was a very bad day, my hen, Prudence crowed. She was 17 weeks old and had no signs of roo-ness until she let it fly! So, I had to take "Patrick" to a friends place to have him dispatched. I never thought it would bother me as much as it is. Aside from having to "off" a pal, I'm now short an EE!

 

[raspeary]

So sorry about that.

I know how you feel. I had to send 3 roo's out of 11 to a new home cause i can't have more than 7 chickens. Couldn't take a chance of babies. It was a sad day when I saw all three go cause I had them all since they were little fluffy butts.

 

[elmo]

I'm sorry. While I'm sure "Prudence" was no doubt a rooster, next time you might want to wait a bit to be absolutely sure. Hens occasionally do crow.

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