Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Today, our senior rooster proved his worth.
3 or 4 days ago, we lost a BSL 3 yr. old layer to a fox attack. I questioned his worth.
Monday, we saw the fox again, only on the front corner of the property, eating something it had caught or found, probably on the other side of the road. It got away.
Today, because we were both home, we let the chickens out to roam. In the backyard, while eating some radish greens that I gave them, they seemed on watch and uneasy. I was sitting in a chair out there, too. I noticed that the rooster, Bert Sr., go back and forth from the backyard to the other side of the garage a couple of times.
Anyway, when I was in the house, I heard a ruckus from the hens. After running outside, taking a quick look around, there was Bert Sr. lying on the ground with the fox standing over him, in the same spot where the hen was killed. Of course the fox took off. I called and called for DH, to no avail, until I walked to the house and rang the loud, hanging bell. So he asked if I checked if Bert was still alive, which I hadn't because I was busy calling for him.
Bert Sr., who was laying on his side was still breathing and fully alive, popping up when DH touched him. That smart rooster was playing dead for a good 5 minutes! So we checked him over, found a couple of bite holes, and sprayed some Vetracyn on them, and put him in the pen with the others.
We did not lose a hen today. Bert Sr. did his job.

Way to go Bert Sr! Score one for the good guys!

Good job Bert Sr.

Excellent! What a good little man!

Excellent little guy...a keeper for sure!

After one night in the pen with all the other hens and Jr., we took him out and put him in the garage. He is resting and has had water and a healthy mush of food. Time will tell.

sometime the shock is worse then the actual wound, hope he recovers

Bert Sr. let out a bit of a crow this morning! More than once!
He is still not acting very perky, but it looks like he is well on the mend.
Having thought about the whole incident, I am so glad that I heard the hens and ran out. Had I not gotten out there when I did, the fox probably would have finished him off.

Bert Sr. is out and about but walking like "an old man", stooped over.
DH said that even when he stands stooped over, it is the same posture that he has seen Bert Sr. in before he has it out with Jr.
Needless to say, it doesn't look like any of the hens and Jr. are bothering him, after he and Jr. had it out the day before yesterday.
Plus, I'm thinking he still must be sore from the attack.

Poor guy.