Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1894 — A Fighting Hen from Galway. [ARTICLE]

A Fighting Hen from Galway.

Courier-Jour’hal. George Diefenback has a game hen from county Galway, Ireland, that is better than a rat terrier. Yesterday morning a large rat tried to get at the hen’s nest. Instantly the hen was all feathers. When the rat tried to run under her, she pecked at him viciously. The rat jumped at her and tried to catch her by the neck. Every time the rat came at the hen she dropped her wings and met him more than half way. Once the rat pulled out a little bunch of feathers, but his jump was short, and he failed to catch the hen’s neck. This made the hen more angry. She went at the rat in earnest. The two fought for half an hour, and the hen killed the rat. The'rat weighed three pounds.