Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 1, Number 10, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 September 1932 — Rooster Leads Quail Flock [ARTICLE]

Rooster Leads Quail Flock

Martin L. Jackson, custodian of the Montezuma Castle National monument in Arizona did not think a young rooster he had purchased for frying pan purposes quite plump enough, so he decided to keep the fowl a while and fatten him up. The rooster was at first received unfavorably by other bird residents of the Montezuma valley, but eventually the gamble quail became friendly with him. When it befcame evident that a flock of 35 of them had adopted him as their leader Jackson could not bring himself to carry out his original intention so the rooster was allowed to go free.