A Field of Silence

I'm sorry for posting so late, it has been an awful day.
Kelsea, unlike you I did not feel a sense of holiness until she actually says that "There are angels in those fields." Even then, I don't know if I sensed the spirits previous to that. She says that she felt 'self-concious' and aware of herself and of things looking at her.
What I am curious about, though, is the significance of the rooster through the passage. The rooster is mentioned at several different times, such as when he is described as a "lone and maniac" bird. Dillard also describes several of the things which he is doing while he clucks in a desperate manner, "gagging" and "scream[ed]". She also describes their clucking as "interrupting" and "arhythmically". She also describes when the "roosters stopped", where "all the things of the world" seemed to be "self-concious". The rooster is also said to be "frozen looking at [her]". I am not sure what the rooster is meant to represent or mean, but I do think that he is put there to contrast with the silence and holiness of the fields. Perhaps the rooster represents the common day humanity, busy with their lives and crowing out "arythmically." What do you think, Kelsea?