Rooster Attacked!!!...

[Davaroo]

While I hate that you had to endure a tetanus shot, I side with the cockerel. I know he pee'd you off and I can relate to that. But, he was just doing what comes natural for him.

 

[eggsforsale]

I understand the "what comes natural" thing. I really do...and you are right. However, I have grandkids and friends and neighbors that come by for a visit. I just cannot take any chances. In my opinion...An aggresive animal needs to be penned up and contained or gotten rid of.

 

[nancysmith2]

You did the right thing getting the shot. Also, keep the wound flushed with peroxide. Puncture wounds can be dangerous because they tend to heal on the surface first. Rooster should become beer bird.

 

[Davaroo]

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Its an endless debate, I suppose. I reckon no one but me and a few others has business around the animals, you want to run a petting zoo of sorts. To each his own, and I defend your right to do as you wish.
But we will hijack this thread if we persist. I'm glad no lasting harm will come of the wounds suffered at the hands of Senor Gallo.

 

[midwestmilkmaiden]

I UNDERSTAND both sides of this argument of what comes Naturally!... HOnestly, I do!.. HE is one fine protective Roo over his hens!.. BUT,
WHen I say if he were mine .. he'd be dinner is because I've had a roo like him before and I have a 3 year old daughter!. Terrible combo! If the roo that attacked me had attacked my girl.. I would hate to think of what he would've done to her!.. I am a capable strong woman able to defend myself and he still gored the heck out of my leg!!. if it were my girls standing basically at the same level as him... not good! ..at all!
THerefore, I love my roosters, but, when I get one such as that, I respect him .. but he is gratefully and sacredly made into dinner.

 

[bayareapilot]

Don't mess around with tetanus. It is in the soil. Everyone needs a booster now and then, 5 years or so, not sure what they're recommending now. Call and ask.

Everyone has to decide for themselves on such things but I did find this on the Harvard university's medical website:

"A recent paper published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases suggested that tetanus and diphtheria booster vaccines are not necessary for adults who have completed their childhood vaccination series. This advice aligns with the current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. The researchers reviewed WHO data from 31 North American and European countries between 2001 and 2016, amounting to 11 billion person-years. (Person-years is a measurement that reflects the number of people in the study multiplied by years followed). After comparing the incidence of tetanus and diphtheria, they found no significant difference in disease rates in countries that require adults to receive booster shots compared with those that do not. Based on this, the authors suggest that childhood vaccination alone protects sufficiently against tetanus and diphtheria without booster shots."