A New Rooster

An old farmer decided it was time to get a new rooster for his hens. The current rooster was still doing alright, but he was getting old and the farmer decided it couldn't hurt to have a new one. He buys a suitable young'un from the rooster emporium and turns him loose in the barnyard. The old rooster sees it strutting around and gets a little worried.

"So they're tryna replace me, eh?" the old rooster thinks. "I'll show them!"

It walks up to the new bird and says "so you think you're the new stud in town? I bet you really think you're hot stuff don't you? Well, I'm not ready for the chopping block yet. I'll bet I'm still the better bird, and to prove it, I challenge you to race around that hen house over there. We'll run around it ten times and whoever finishes first gets to have all the hens for himself."

Confident in his ability to outpace the old cock, the young roosters remarks, "Hah! You're on, and since I'm so great you can even have a half a lap headstart and I'll still win easy!"

So the two roosters head over to the hen house to start the race with all the hens gathering to watch. The race begins and all the hens start cheering the old rooster on. After the first lap, he's still maintaining his lead. However, with each lap the old rooster lets it slip a little as the new guy catches up. It's the seventh lap and each rooster is frantically sprinting, with the old rooster just barely leading.

By now, the farmer has heard all the commotion. He grabs his gun and runs into the barnyard, figuring a fox or something is after his chickens. When he gets there, he sees the two roosters running around the hen house with the old one still lightly in the lead as they near the last lap. The farmer takes aim with his shotgun and blows the young rooster to smithereens.

Walking away in bewilderment, he mutters to himself, "damn, that's the third, gay rooster I've bought this month!"