He really is okay.

Some birds don’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain. When the rain becomes an ice storm, bad things happen to dumb birds. Earlier this month, I went to bed knowing nasty weather was headed our way. I’d made all reasonable preparations and moved the livestock and poultry to shelter. This rooster
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He’s always been a little strange. Photo by JenniferP

This gentle rooster hatched last year. He’s the only single-combed chicken on the place. The rest of my full-sized chickens are pure Wyandotte of one color pattern or another, all with pea combs. I suspect the mother hen sneaked across the road to cavort with that big strapping single-combed rooster from my neighbor’s flock. Mr.
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