No, i too found it quite amusing, thats what happens when you act on something when you are still half asleep.
When i heard it when i went to water the plants, i did momentarily have an awful feeling i hadnt finished the job off properly and half expected it to pop its head around the corner
I wont tell them i got it wrong, he was living on borrowed time anyway. My children are old enough to know whats what and are not too sentimental where the cockerels are concerned.
Intrigued now to find out where this new cockerel is living now. Just to be nosey of course, if only to stop the finger pointing in my direction.