Changing Of The Guard

(Note: Please click on the pictures to see them properly...I don't know why but, they look distorted on the blog page. Tuffy deserves to be seen properly. The sunset was an eerie blood red that morning) A sad day in history came to pass a couple of days ago. The rooster named Tuffy has been knocked from his throne and is no longer the King of Rancho Giro. Tuffy has been a super dominant male for nearly three years. That era is now in the past. It is over. Tuffy's crown has been taken from him. He was in a bad fight with the other dominant male(#2) and he won that battle. But, I did not discover them fighting until they were near death. I think it took everything he had left...and since then, Tuffy has been dominated by the much younger roosters and he is too broken to do anything about it. He won't even fight them. He just stays way far away and gives them plenty of room. It is sad to watch. I don't believe any other rooster will wear the crown that Tuffy wore for as long as he did. Here are some pictures from three days ago...the morning that officially stepped down and stopped being aggressive/dominant.

Thank you, Tuffy. We love you...