There is a hole in our neighborhood heart right now. Rodney our rooster has died. Rodney was a spectacular red rooster who showed up in our Tybee north-end neighborhood―out of the blue―two years ago.

He’s been at his new bachelor pad for about a week. Outside the door lies a quarter-acre of land on which he struts. He’s the cock of the walk at George Craig’s place in Bowdon, Georgia, a rooster ...

A rooster is a male chicken who protects the flock. Also known as a cockerel or a cock, a rooster can be seen or heard crowing at 3 a.m. For example, in the Chinese zodiac, the rooster is the 10th of ...