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Hen loses will to live after romance with rooster ends

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-04-29 09:12

A barnyard romance between a rooster and a hen has taken a sudden twist in Longchang county, Sichuan province.

Zhou Huiying was given a rooster to keep his hen company in January. They lived happily and shared food with one another.

After complaints about the rooster's crowing, Zhou killed it. Ever since, the hen has been trying to kill itself by running into the wall and has refused to eat.

"It used to lay an egg every day, but it stopped since the cock was killed. Every time I talked to it, the hen would eat something for a few days but it always feel sad about the dead cock," Zhou said.

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