Thank you for the story!!

by JimT, Texas, Monday, March 16, 2026, 11:12 (4 hours, 26 minutes ago) @ RayLee

Many years ago in a small mining town in the mountains of South East Arizona, a number of the miners living there engaged in raising fighting cocks and participating in cock fights. One of the men was a friend. He came to me one day and said he had to go out of State for a month or so and asked if I would keep his prize rooster with my chickens.

I told him "Sure. No problem." And the next day he came over dropped the rooster off. He was big old beauty! But he had bad habits which included sneaking up behind you and trying to spur you from behind.

One day I was busy doing something with the hens and he stuck a spur into the calf of my right leg.

Immediately I went into the house and fetched my 12 ga. shotgun. I came back into the yard where the chickens were kept and the rooster was not to be seen. He apparently discerned my intentions. I stood there for a few minutes and he stuck his head up over the dog house to see where I was. I immediately took his head off with the shotgun.

When his owner returned he called and asked how his rooster was. I told him I was very sorry but that his rooster had died. He was disappointed but said he knew some of them did not live real long. I agreed.

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Ele era velho.
Ele era corajoso.
Ele era feio.