{"id":190,"date":"2011-12-19T22:07:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T06:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ducksandclucks.com\/blog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2011-12-20T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T19:02:38","slug":"toro-the-hen-chaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ducksandclucks.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/toro-the-hen-chaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Toro the Hen Chaser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToro has a morning routine which I have been trying to capture on film for a few days now. He sleeps in a pack-and-play in the dining room because he has started crowing. I brought Lester in to keep him company since his girl April Shadow has moved on to a great forever home. They seem to like each others’ company so it works out well.<\/p>\n

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\nAnyway, Toro’s morning routine is to crow, of course, and then wait for me to pick him up and take him outside with the girls. As soon as I set him down on the lawn, this gigantic heavy roo CHASES after the hens! He doesn’t have a lot of stamina and he’s too heavy to run far, so it’s a short chase and then he needs to catch his breath. But it’s hilarious. Have a look…<\/p>\n

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I’ve found a few more videos online of other rescued broiler roosters (cornish x chickens) and some have lived longer than I knew they could. One lived over 3 years! I may be building a sound-proof coop this summer for my own sanity if Toro is still crowing in my dining room by then, but I do hope he continues to do well and live a long life.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is kind of a sad photo, but I wanted to share it anyway. This is Toro’s right foot. His outside toe is nearly completely missing. It was cut off when he was a baby, before he was rescued. Sometimes broiler chickens have their beak tips burned off so they don’t peck other chickens, which is terribly painful and cruel. I don’t see why someone would remove toes. He has a hard enough time walking without having to compensate his balance.<\/p>\n

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\nHis left foot, a little poopy in this photo, also has the outside toe cut off, but not nearly as far back. <\/p>\n

\"amazed\"
\nI’m amazed each day at how far he’s come and how well he’s doing, especially since he was in such sorry shape when he arrived here as a baby.<\/p>\n

\"baby\"
\nI made a promise to this baby roo when his turkey girl passed on, and I intend to keep my promise by providing a safe, comfortable, cushy, spoiled, loving, tomato-filled life for Toro roo, for as long as he shall live.<\/p>\n

Keep chasing, Toro. Keep chasing those hens.<\/p>\n

FUNNY FOLLOW-UP:
\nThe next morning Toro decided maybe he was big enough to chase Carol hen.
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