Proud of Our Rooster!

 Living  in the Appalachian Foothills here in Southern Kentucky you come to know  God's wonder in the beautiful scenery he has created.  I cannot think  of another place I would want to live.  We live in the country about 10  miles from town.

If ya are going to visit we are one mile past the rock that’s painted like a cow on the left!

Living  in a such a great place does have its challenges though.  We have  bobcats, bears, coyotes and host of other things that can get you if you  are not paying attention.  These things also come looking for your  livestock so not only do you need to protect yourself but also your  animals as well.  This story happened a couple weeks back before we  merged our two flocks of egg laying chickens.  My wife and I were  sitting on the back porch cooling off after a marathon gardening harvest  when we heard the chickens start squawking.  

 Image Source : https://fw.ky.gov/Wildlife/Pages/Bald-Eagles.aspx 

 Now keep in mind we hear them squawk all the time, one of them is always  picking on another, just what chickens do.  But this time it was a lot  of squawking, lots of noise & our rooster was going crazy.  So both  my wife and I got up and ran to the pasture where the birds are and we  found a pretty good sized hawk in the fenced off area.  There were  feathers everywhere, we both thought the worst! 

 Image Source: http://biology.eku.edu/kos/birdmonth.htm 

 

Our Rooster's name is Roo....

 Now our rooster, who we call Roo, was standing about 5 or 6 feet from  the hawk staring him down, one of the coolest things we have ever seen.   Old Roo was standing his ground, with all 23 hens behind him hiding  under the coop.  They just stood there and stared at each other for a  while then the hawk started to turn away and break eye contact and  eventually flew off.  As soon as the hawk got air born out local flock  of crows pounced and drove him out of the area! 

 Our chickens raised on pasture 

 Roo the Rooster! 

 Roo Eating breakfast with some of the hens 

 

Colleen  and I counted the hens after the hawk left and they were all accounted  for!  

We have been really lucky as we have not lost a bird to any  predators yet, we know the time will come, but we hope to keep running  this lucky streak as long as we can.

As a note, I did not grab our  camera when we went running to see what all the commotion was about, I  guess a camera is the last thing you think about when your animals are  under attack!

Hope you enjoyed this story, thanks for visiting, will see y’all next time!

Bob & Colleen Browning

Serenity Valley Farms

Monticello, KY

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