Heartbroken

It is with the deepest regret that I must tell you some very bad news. Today, around 1:00pm, my rooster named Tuffy was killed by a coyote. I am heartbroken more than ever before. I loved him so much. Tuffy's father(KiKiRi) was my first rooster. He was very beautiful. He was killed by a coyote two and a half years ago. Tuffy was only about three months old at the time. He had one brother and they were the first baby roosters that hatched of all of my chickens. There had been a batch of hens before that...but, Tuffy and his brother were my first baby roosters. Tuffy became the dominant of the two, and soon after his father was killed, Tuffy became the Sire of the chicken coop. That was two and a half years ago...just like Kiki, Tuffy has been the meanest rooster of the ranch. So many roosters have come and gone in Tuffy's life, but none were able to knock the King off of his throne. Two weeks ago I discovered Tuffy fighting with my number 2 rooster. Tuffy had nearly killed him. I got that cleaned up but about 30 minutes later, a younger rooster attacked Tuffy. He was too exhausted to prepare for it and the younger rooster hurt him. Since that day, Tuffy had been hiding in a small clump of trees every day. Today, he died there. Just a few feet from where his father was killed.
Goodbye, Tuffy. I love you!
(I don't know why the pictures look distorted on the main page...PLEASE click the pictures to see Tuffy in all of his majestic beauty. He deserves it...he was so beautiful.)