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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 7:32:57 PM
We saw Alice In Wonderland yesterday. Can ya tell? But that's what's going to happen to Jimmy Buffet. He attacked my granddaughter Kansas today. I can't believe he would do that. I looked out the door to check on her and she was standing at the fire pit. I noticed Jummy right behind her. I thought what is he doing? About then he just flew at her back. She started running screaming and he was right after her. I never saw that child run so fast. Ever. I was barefooted so I hobbled out there as fast as I could to save her. I threw something at him and he went the other way. Bubba went after him too. I thought he was going to do the deed right then. Kansas is ok but she was a little shook up. I have no idea why he did that. She's all over the yard with him and the other roo and hens all the time. Nothing has ever happened before. I am so upset. He is the most beautiful rooster ever. Just has gotten to his full size. Almost a year old. But when my husband finds out he will say the same thing. Off with his head! Darn rooster. Why did he do that?
Kris
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| Flower |
Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 06:45:22 AM
I have four hens and three of them are very protective or maybe just mean...if my little maltese dog goes anywhere near them or walks past them to closely they charge after Daisy and peck at her.. one time one of them had a little tuff of white fur in its beek..Thank goodness Daisy has learned to stay away...it took a while for everyone (animals) to get acqainted and used to each other being around and what the pecking order is.. my collie is terrified of the chickens.. it's hilarious because she is a big dog but she avoids them like the plague. It works out tho because the dogs wont go eat the eggs or kill the chickens !
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| simplecomfort |
Posted - Mar 26 2010 : 1:55:44 PM
he is protecting his flock.. mine are all pets so its hard for me to read "off with his head". my king rooster has flogged me a few times when he thinks im going to touch one of the hens or get too close. its his way of saying she is mine! he flogged my turkey this morning because hes horny and walking around looking for a female.. anyway, id find him a different homes before killing him
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| peapicker |
Posted - Mar 26 2010 : 07:42:14 AM
Kris, you are right ....one more offence and its off with his head. We let our chickens free roam during the day and then put them up at night. If I know the kids are coming I will leave him inside. I have considered making a pen just for him and let him out only occasionally. But that is a lot of trouble. Actually I have had two roosters in my life and both apparently are bad boys. We had one several years ago..... and he was a beauty, but had to get rid of him because he became too mean. I thought this one would be better until he got me when I was scooping up some feed for them with my back turned. I think one rooster is plenty for how ever many hens because the males like to fight so much. I would like to raise my own baby chicks one of these days, but I can always get another rooster if Puff Daddy runs out of chances.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Robert Brault |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 26 2010 : 06:12:25 AM
Peapicker, that is so funny your roo is on death row. So you are just watching him to see if he does it again then he's out of here? Maybe he knows he's been bad. I can walk all around Jimmy and he just gets out of the way. I have noticed they have split the girls up in to 2 harems. And they are both the Buffs and the game hens. There are 19 hens all together. Is that ok for just 1 rooster to handle? The red roo does not bother anyone. He's too afraid. But Jimmy does have the meaner temperament. Maybe because he's bigger? They are about the same age. I don't know. I'll just keep an eye on him and see how he does this weekend with all the kids here.
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| prariehawk |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 9:31:12 PM
I just noticed you mentioned that you had another rooster--the rooster that attacked my brother later went on to attack another rooster--a big mistake since that roo was my neighbor's favorite. I think he did end up as chicken soup. It didn't bother them when he went at my brother but they couldn't tolerate him attacking the "good" rooster. Kind of funny when you think about it.
cindy |
| peapicker |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 11:06:31 AM
We have rooster also.His name is Puff Daddy and he is currenntly on death row waiting out his last appeal. He did attack me once and got a small portion of his spur in my leg. It hurt! I wacked him with a stick really good a couple of times and now he runs from me. I keep him put up if any of the children or visitors that aren't rooster savy come to visit. If he charges again , he's toast! The thing is I just love to look at pretty roosters, I just wish they would behave.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Robert Brault |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 08:34:34 AM
Teresa, I have heard that. That's what scares me. Kansas is not a big 6 year old. And she's too sweet. But she's always outside around all the animals. That's why I didn't think anything would ever happen. Then just all of a sudden he gets this way? It's just wierd. No one has ever hurt him. I have noticed he'll get all fluffed up when I come around to feed or go see the goats. I kept asking him what he was up to with all that fluffing.
Lisa, what an experience! Are you still afraid of them now? And it's like they hide and wait for someone to come around just to chase them. They can be very intimidating for sure.
Alicia, I did tell her to carry a big stick and use it if he came near her. So last night she was waiting for her mom to come out so they could walk across the yard to their house. She was sitting in the chair by the door outside with a huge stick and I could hear her talking to Jimmy. She kept saying if he came near her she would use that big ole stick right on his head. So she was ready for him.
You really never know how an animal will be until they do something like this. My goat Faith doesn't like anyone but me. She has head buttet Kansas one time. Just out of the blue. Right on the butt. Knocked her down, too. So I always have to watch out for her. She's a strange goat. She does that with big people too.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 08:21:00 AM
One of the most dangerous farm animals around children is a mean rooster, they can easily take out an eye, and spur and peck til they draw blood. Once a roo has attacked, he will continue to do so, your roo just is becoming mature. I will kill any rooster that becomes mean, its just not worth the chance.
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 07:55:31 AM
Oh no! Poor Kansas! You just never know about animals, especially roosters. Little dickens!
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| nubidane |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 07:26:42 AM
I am somewhat scared of roos myself, due to a bad experience. I am a real estate appraiser, & one time I was appraising a house WAY out in the country. The folks said they would leave the door open. Well, I got there, did my interior inspection, & went ouside to measure the footprint of the house. There were critters everywhere, would have made Granny Clampett proud. Then here comes the rooster. He chased me, & I ran back in the house. I went out the back door stepped over a few goats,dogs & cats(wh ocould care less that I was there) & tried to measure the wall. Here he comes. Me, back in the house, & out the front door, to try to measure another wall, & here he comes again. Of course, house was not a square, which would have made it easy). It took me forever playing the rooster game before I could get all of my dimensions, & I was a sweaty mess. & then trying to get back to my car. Lordy Be!
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| AliciaNak |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 07:21:10 AM
Our roo is starting to be on high alert when the kids are out there, too. He's about a year old too. He's tried to charge at me, and hubby, but a few well aimed rocks and he doesn't do it much. Paul just carries around a plastic bat when he's outside. Not that he didn't do that before, but now he has a reason.
I do think it's something about the smaller size, their voices and actions. It's not just roo's, I had a boer cross doe that was sweet as could be with me and other adults, but when Paul came outside she'd rear up and act like she was gonna head butt him. I know she did it just to hear him squeal, as she'd land a foot away from him, never touched him, just enjoyed getting all riled up.
Alicia
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 07:21:07 AM
I guess I should have everything ready then, huh?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| Especially For You |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 06:54:45 AM
Kris,
Chicken for Sunday Dinner!!!!!!!
Blessings~ Tina |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 06:10:44 AM
I don't know. I think I'll wait and see if it happens again. But I will be outside when she's out there from now on. I just hate this. I wonder if I got rid of the other roo would that calm him down? He's been chasing him all over lately.
She was a little shook up. If it wasn't so scary it would be funny. I tend to get hysterical and laugh when things like this happen. I tried hard not to laugh, but it was a little funny. She'll laugh when she gets bigger. I was always chased by my grandma's huge white roo. That bird would hide and wait for us kids to come out the door. He'd have us all running all over the place. Now that I think of that it is funny. He never hurt any of us but Grandma fianlly offed him. We were so happy!
I did like the new movie. I feel so sorry for the poor Mad Hatter though. It was a little strange. We just saw the 2D version. I can just imagine the 3D. And I didn't know a thing about the Red Queen's sister. Anyway, good movie. I don't go to the theater alot but my daughter paid. It was a special price for Tuesdays with $1 popcorn and drinks!!
This weekend we'll have all the grands here. And Truckin' Man will be here, too. I'll see if anything happens then. He killed a dog once for snapping at our oldest DD when she was just about 4. He does not tolerate anything hurting his kids or grandkids. So I may not have a say in this then.
Kris
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| AuntPammy |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 05:57:13 AM
Oh my! Off with his head for sure! We have a dear friend who has/had a rooster he named "The General." If anyone got in this silly roosters way he would drop his head and just run and attack! Well, He did that to me...once. I saw him coming and I kicked that rooster into kingdom come. I cannot tolerate animals of any sort like that and I was not amused, needless to say he ended up being the guest of honor at their Sunday dinner a few weeks later!!!
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| solilly |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 05:54:07 AM
He will make a good pot of soup. There will be more roosters. Dont need him to be full of himself at only a year old. He thinks he is king and he wants all to know it. Kids are smaller then adults kids seam easier to frighten and he is doing it. I liked Alice in wonderland how about You? Lilly 
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 05:52:26 AM
I can just see you runnin' out there barefoot to save your granddaughter! Grandma to the rescue!!! That's a bummer he turned mean. I **love** my roo but if he ever goes after the kids...I agree with the Red Queen. OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!
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| ijjie |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 05:50:31 AM
Roosters can be agressive with adults as well. Our old Aracana rosster, Kelloge used to go after my husband whenever he took a mind to. One day he did it once to often and spurred him in the foot. He was a handsomo roo, but that was the last straw. I was afraid he would hurt my sons, they were 6 and 3 at the time.
Joan
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| southerncrossgirl |
Posted - Mar 25 2010 : 05:46:20 AM
Off with his head, if he does that again!
You how I feel about mean roosters.
Poor Kansas will terrified of them now.
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 9:02:52 PM
I say off with his head too. No way he would jump at my grandkids and get away with it. So I say make Dumplins.
Diana
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| prariehawk |
Posted - Mar 24 2010 : 7:53:50 PM
Kris--I don't know why roosters sometimes attack young children, but I remember a rooster attacking my brother when he was young. Maybe there's something about kids--their quick movements, their voices, who knows--that sets roosters off. If you really want to understand roosters, maybe you should try reading some of Temple Grandin/s writings--she has a lot of good insights into animal behavior. I don;t think Jimmy was being "mean"--I know you're upset and I can understand, but before you execute him, I just had to make a plea on his behalf.
Cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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