I grew up in the country and have been attacked several times by the different roosters on the farm. It is not fun and can be very scary. I remember when I was about 10 years old running all around and for some reason I remember running across the street and the rooster did not follow me. The last time I was attacked was about 3 years ago. Meghan & I were rounding up the chickens and the "mean" rooster and sure enough before I knew it...I WAS BEING ATTACKED!!! I was between two fence rows (so I was all caged in). Meghan told the the story to my parents and it is hilarious. She says, "My arms and legs were flapping everywhere in the mist of feathers flying everywhere". I didn't notice the feathers, but I do remember kicking my legs and swinging my arms like a crazy woman trying to defend myself. I also remember Meghan throwing me a stick to help me out. Very scary situation, but it is always fun to laugh about those memories of the rooster attacks.
Kaleb was also attacked by the rooster a few months ago and Nick had no clue that they can really hurt you. Kaleb has been scarred for life and I know he can't wait to go back to Folsom and not have to worry about the rooster. This is the reason for the post.
(Nick just started laughing and standing there. I had to tell Nick to help Kaleb!!!) Kaleb added this part
About a week ago my dad was doing something at the barn and the rooster came up from behind him and began attacking him. My dad ended up falling on the ground. The aftermath is one of the workers for the farm said that the rooster is still outside and he is spread across the back pasture (get it...he's obviously DEAD). Thank goodness!!!! YAY!!! NO MORE ROOSTER!!!! Kaleb doesn't have to worry about the rootser anymore
So I also need to share the facts:
As you can see in this video...roosters will attack for no reason. It was hard to find a video because most of the videos I found were one's where a person is taunting a rooster and then of course they are attacked.
I would also like to share this information that I found while trying to share how ruthless roosters are ( so now you will know 2 things about roosters that most people do not know. Here it is:
The rooster attacks because he feels threatened or to show you that "he is the man." Also, he attacks with or without protecting baby chickens
The rooster is often portrayed as crowing at the break of dawn and will almost always start crowing before 4 months of age. He can often be seen sitting on fence posts or other objects, where he crows to proclaim his territory. However, this idea is more romantic than real, as a rooster can and will crow at any time of the day. Some roosters are especially vociferous, crowing almost constantly, while others only crow a few times a day. These differences are dependent both upon the cock's breed and individual personality.
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