Feeling Peckish

by Barbie Corbett-Newmin

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Feeling Peckish

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Barbie Corbett-Newmin

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It wasn't chicken food but this free range rooster in this red brick Key West courtyard was trying to eat it anyway. I hope it wasn't old chewing gum.
The most photographed inhabitants of Key West are the multicolored, strutting, crowing roosters. Most roosters, hens and chicks there are wild. Key West roosters are the descendants of roosters that were bred in Cuba and the Keys for fighting. For centuries a winning cock fight rooster was as a source of income and bragging rights. Cock fights are no longer legal in the United States but these descendants remain a routine sight and sound in the streets and yards of the island.

A rooster or cockerel or cock, is a male chicken. The term rooster originated in the United States while cock is derived from Old English. Most chickens roost in trees to sleep at night. Roosters are territorial and will defend their hens and territory against intruders.

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March 3rd, 2014

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