rooster flogged son

[ravencreek]

I'm sorry that happened to your son. My 6yr old went through the same thing a few days ago. Our roo is going on 8 months old and are rather large(brahmas). My son shocked me because he just reached out and grabbed the roo by the neck and flung him to the ground then ran after him crowing and flapping his arms. I know I shouldn't have but I was laughing so hard at that roo running from him. Now the roo stears clear of my son. Yea its ok to let him kick, punch, fling, or do anything else to defend himself against a roo. They CAN seriously hurt kids.

 

[Julie_A]

Sorta funny story...

When I was a kid, my best friend was my 97-year-old great-grandmother. She had chickens and I loved to help her feed them. One day, one of the roosters spurred her. Her thin skin bruised and she had a horrible wound. I still remember the holes in her leg. She was so afraid that the rooster would attack me, "The Little Thing," as she called me. She gave me her walking stick. Told me that if any of the chickens came at me, to knock them in the head. I must have been about four years old. What did I know? So, as I threw out the corn and the chickens came up to me, I knocked them in the head with the walking stick.

My mother said she'll never forget Granny dragging me back home.

"The Little Thing has killed all my chickens," she said.

I didn't give them a chance to spur me.

Love you, Granny, and miss you soooo much!

 

[Beekissed]

Excellent story!

 

[Olive Hill]

Julie that is funny!

Your story too, Ravencreek!

Yep, lock him up or cook him up -- one or the other. Any roos here get one chance. First strike and you're out, basically. There are good roos out there, but you sometimes have to go through a few... or more... before you find one.

 

[beepbeepinajeep]

Great story!

Most people around here with big farms free range their chickens & have at least one rooster (and they have kids). I just didn't give it too much thought. I am about fed up with roosters right now after our other rooster beat up a hen last week. Hopefully we will find a good one....

 

[lauralou]

There is enough meat on a 5 month old rooster to make a meal. I usually put them in the crock pot, then dice up the meat and make a casserole. Mean roosters taste the best.

 

[beepbeepinajeep]

I guess we may get a lesson on processing a chicken then... I have never killed an animal, so I am nervous about it. (but I think if I am willing to eat meat I ought to be able to take care of it by myself)

 

[Danigirl3]

Another when I was a kid stories....
When I was a kid I spent a great amount of time at my grandparents farm. My grandparents were not home that day and I was there with my uncles who were teenangers. I was probably 7 or 8 at the time. The rooster attacked me and they took care of the rooster. They put him in a bucket and put him under the sink but forgot to mention it to my grandparents. They only found him after the kitchen started to smell really bad. We still talk about this story 30 something years later. They never got another rooster.

 

[Babe77]

We have 1 Roo out of the 20 pullets were bought. What exactly do you mean by "flogging"? I am assuming that he attacked your son, but what do they do while "flogging".

 

[Laurieks]

sort of related story....
when my son was 3 I got a goat who had come to my friend's dairy with a batch from a small herd. She didn't fit in and was headed for the auction, so I bought her to save her from that fate.

She fit in with my goats but attacked my son, unprovoked, twice.
We took her to the auction and he felt empowered that we would not tolerate that behavior. (He got to see how she was treated during the sale, which is another story... they were abusive and were called on it by our dairy goat association president).
The next week he came to me crying and said "we have to take Jazzy (the cat) to the cat auction, he scratched me". We rehomed Jazzy, but still laugh about what the 'cat auction' would look like.

Meooooow!