My rooster snapped ..... WARNING : GRAPHIC CONTENT

[svh]

Is it possible he could have contracted rabies? Can chickens get rabies??? Something was going on. Maybe he got into some jimson weed or mushrooms, poison or other substances.

Oops ! I thought I was replying to a different thread with the below quote ! Sorry

"I guess it's possible, but I think he just got a taste for chicken over the past couple of weeks. He kept looking at me, then at the fleeing birds, licking his foxy chops, as if weighing the chances that he could grab one, and split !

But since you mentioned mushrooms, I might do a little foraging expedition" .....

Yeah, no rabies ..... Just flipped out !