Pecked in the eye by a chicken??

[Pinky]

The chicken in my avatar grabbed my glasses off my face and ran away with them. I was reaching for every brown chicken I could barely see until I found them. I had another chicken claw me in the eye. She tried to fly on my head and her foot missed. My eye hurt for two days after.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

This is what my half-blind, Buff Orpington, Oprah, did to my niece. She forgave her.

 

[AKsmama]

I've been pecked once in each eye. The first time meant a scratched cornea and antibiotic ointment for the eye. The 2nd time wasn't so bad, but it's not something I want to repeat again. People always think it's so cute when chicks sit on your shoulder, and it is for a couple of weeks. Then they get big and curious and can really, really do some damage.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

I really had no idea that this was such a problem. Makes me think more than twice about the friendly chickens.

 

[<3ChickenForever]

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Aww that looked like it hurt!!

 

[AKsmama]

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I blame it on their dinosaur DNA.

I mean, they're not that smart, and to them, everything is food unless proven otherwise, so why should my eyes be any different? They probably look like grapes to them. The second time I got pecked, she was going after my earring and I just happened to turn my head at the exact wrong moment. This is why I try to warn newbies who just love to have their chickens sit on their shoulders that it will backfire painfully on them.

 

[aghiowa]

I have a half-blind buff orpington too!! It's a small world. She's never pecked my eye, but the other day when I was doing some fence work she would NOT leave my hands alone. I sported red peck marks for a few days.

Angela

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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LOL. Can't blame them, they're doing the best they can!

 

[spotstealer]

Not in the eye yet, but my mustache takes a peckin'.

 

[BrattishTaz]

I am legally blind in my left eye thanks to a chick. I was little and under adult supervision at the time. It just happened too fast for anyone to stop it. This is why I always advise people not allow young children around chickens at all.