TIFU by letting my uncle’s roosters fight to the death

This actually happened a couple of nights ago, and I still feel partly responsible.

My uncle has two roosters that he keeps for breeding purposes. Anyone who’s dealt with roosters knows they can be insanely territorial, and these two hated each other. He always kept them in separate cages to avoid bloodshed.

The problem? I was helping out at his place and forgot to lock one of the cages before leaving.

Sometime during the night, that rooster got out—and even though the other one was still caged, they managed to fight through the wire mesh.

I’m not even kidding—through the cage.

By morning, both were dead.

It was like some twisted Romeo and Juliet scenario… if Romeo and Juliet were angry, territorial birds full of spite and testosterone.

So yeah. TIFU by accidentally triggering an avian death match.
RIP to the feathery gladiators.
Petty till the very end.
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TL;DR: Forgot to lock my uncle’s rooster cage, unintentionally triggered a feather-flying, rage-fueled death match through wire mesh. Both died like angry gladiators. Feathers, fury, fatality.