I came across this sweet bird, and yes, folks, this is a true story.....
Hen Mimics Cockerel after Fox Raid
A grieving chicken has started impersonating a cockerel after its mate was killed by a fox.
Miss Millie, a rare Frizzled Polish variety, crows at dawn and struts around the farmyard like a proud male. Her owner Judy Cook, from Winscombe, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, said Miss Millie took on the cockerel characteristics after her mate and all the other females in the yard were killed by a fox.
"She's the only one now and she's acting just like a cockerel. I have never seen anything like it. Hens don't crow, it's as simple as that. It's totally unheard of."
Mrs Cook believes the four-year-old chicken could be trying to take her mate's place. Miss Millie, who has extravagant plumage on the lines of the Seasame Street character Big Bird, now thinks nothing of coming into the family home and playing with the dogs. Mrs Cook said, "She's very confident - certainly one of a kind."
posted by The Imaginary Diva at 7:42 AM
