DEAR JOAN: Valerie, of Hercules, need not be too concerned that the once-beautiful, white-feathered rooster’s tail feathers look bedraggled. I’ve kept chickens for 15 years or so. They molt.

Unless you have a safe haven for the rooster, I wouldn’t try to capture him. But if you do have a plan, then you might try luring him into a humane trap, using a hen as bait. It won’t be easy ...

WESTFIELD - The repeated cries of "cockle-doodle-do" could be heard throughout the Marquette County Fairgrounds, but chances are they weren't coming from the rooster that truly had something to crow ...