Life on my temporary farm

I've been house-sitting for the past week. While I've house-sat many times in my life, this has been a new venture for me. I not only have three dogs and three cats, I also have three horses, a pony, and a rooster, and a pond full of fish that I feed bread to every other day. I grew up with my mom training horses, so I was not afraid or nervous around them. The rooster. Oh, the rooster. I have an incredible fear of birds in general. My friend 'S' (son of the people I'm sitting for) told me to watch out, the rooster is mean! His sister 'E' said it attacked her too, as well as their niece. Needless to say I've been afraid of this bird, Roo, before I even met him.
He left me alone the while the family was still here, the first morning he didn't bother me, I let the horses out to clean their stalls and nothing; so I'm starting to think maybe we will be okay, I don't bother him, he doesn't bother me...if only it were that easy. I let the horses back in and Roo decides to attack me from behind! Now I had been given a switch and was told to use it on him if he got rowdy, well it wasn't very effective, because after our first bout, he did it again (I have the battle wounds to prove it)! I text S and let him know I needed a bigger stick, he told me where to find his Kali stick (martial arts) and said "swing it like you mean it." I don't know if the last fight we had put Roo in his place, or if he saw the size of the new stick and doesn't want to try anything, but we haven't had any new developments.
One horse, Adam, is buddies with Roo, they even sleep in the same stall. Adam is blind in one eye and always turns that blind eye toward me; ignoring me. Every time I walk into the barn Adam pees. I'm not sure why but Adam and I just haven't had a connection like the others. He doesn't like me coming into his stall and likes to turn his butt to me, therefore I stay clear of that end of it
The rest of the week has been pretty uneventful (thank God!) until today! Today I went out and fed the horses and was extremely tired yet, so I laid back down. About 10AM I went out to tend to the stalls, low and behold its raining. Now every other day I've let the horses out while cleaning stalls, but today I told them they'd just have to deal with it. Adam and I made a connection! He let me love on him AND clean his stall while he was in there! I was quite impressed! I go to clean the pony's stall and of course he escapes (he so little!). Not just into the barn or out into the field, no, out into the yard; not fenced in, not familiar to him. It took about 3-5 min. to get him back, but it felt like an hour! I was so worried he'd run off into the woods or something. I just couldn't believe he ran out! The last horse, Sunny, is my favorite. He's old (you'll learn that I love old things; people, antiques, animals). He and I have a connection. He loves on me, I love on him. Today, it is chilly and rainy, so I was wearing my hoodie sweatshirt. Sunny decided it was a good idea to eat my hood! It was quite comical! Needless to say, I don't think the horses like having to stay in all day and not go out and play.
And Roo was circling me again...