Ant has moved on from North Wald, Self Catering on Orkney

Poor Ant has crowed his last.

Ant as a youngster

He has been unwell for a while and lost his status as Cock ‘o’ North Wald quite a while ago.  He had taken to roaming the fields, mostly alone, but was getting spoiled by both me and Frankie slipping him extra feed when none of the others could see. He was slowly getting less and less adventurous and was often found just sitting about in the Peedie Hoose. Yesterday I thought he had gone missing and spent nearly half an hour looking for him before I found him sheltering behind the compost bins. He didn’t come out to the feeding area very often as he would be picked on by everyone. Sad really.

This morning he was lying expired just by the door in the Peedie Hoose. At least he made it back inside and didn’t die cold and alone in the bushes! How sentimental is that, to be worried about how one little cockerel died. So much for being the hard hearted farmer that I keep trying to be.