Sad News From The Compound

I am very sad to report that our beloved Willie the rooster is gone.  He was here Wednesday night when I came home, and he was in his usual spot on the top of the chicken pen.  But it was the start of the freakish ice storm.  When I woke up the next morning, he was nowhere to be found.  

I've walked through the back fields of our property and through the property of neighbors on both sides of us and still no sign.

The Old Man says that he came here on his own, and he believes he left here on his own.  We hope and pray that during the ice storm Wednesday night, Willie remembered his former home, and hopefully he left here to go back to where he was dry and warm.

In the meanwhile, we're sad.  We had quickly grown to love our Willie boy.