Chickens will peck your eyeball!!!!

[cackydoodledoo]

Good friend of mine had to go to the ER last night because one of her chickens pecked her eyeball. This chicken always climbs on her lap and sometimes sits on her shoulder. Evidently last night she thought that my friend's eyeball looked tasty!! It tore her cornea and she is in quite a bit of pain. Just wanted to let everyone know to be careful when getting your face close to chickens. I will definitely be warning my daughter as she carries them all over kissing and hugging them.

 

[CatDaddyAlbert]

Yep...they are pecking at the reflection.

Bad idea to get them around your eyes.

 

[ThinkingChickens]

I am against the shoulder thing. I feel like I'd lose my dominance. Eek, ouch. Your poor friend.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Guess I am lucky to wear glasses !

 

[Moochie]

Oh my gosh

One of my roos pecked my dog's eye! The dog wasn't hurt though. Chickens also peck ears, right in the hole too!

 

[SanctusPullus]

They also peck moles, freckles, speckles, dots, periods, dangling participles, and hanging chads.

Sorry to hear about the cornea damage though, yipes. My 10 year old got pecked in the eye a month or so ago and had a little scratch mark on the white for a few days, lucky that was all.

 

[Imp]

There was a post last year I think. Someone mentioned that their uncle lost an eye to a chicken.
Not worth it at all.

Imps chickens stay on the ground.

 

[ivan3]

Thanks for posting this, don't know how many times I've read about near misses and/or actual injury resulting from `chicken face'. Many an earring and stones from rings have had to be seined from the `stink' squeezed from the other business end of chooks, as well, following a quick rip with a nip.

Glasses and/or a wide, floppy brimmed hat help prevent opportunistic gouging (just another treat).

Children should be warned to look both ways before crossing a street and to never look at a chicken if it is within striking distance of face.

Eye surgery is expensive.