There are many unexpected dangers that can happen on a homestead! Here we discuss just one of many and that is particularly small children & roosters. One of our homesteading buddies has shared an unfortunate event involving her precious grand-daughter as an important teaching moment for all of us. The child is in full recovery and we wish her many prayers for a speedy recovery. Things can happen to anyone and anytime on a homestead. That’s what this video is all about!
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My youngest son got flogged by a rooster on the right temple when he was 3.That bird never did that before. My son is fine and that rooster was very good that night!
When I was a child, a rooster my grandparents once had totally attacked me out of nowhere. I fell down face first into the mud and that crazy rooster pecked my head until my grandmother chased him away. Later that day I got to eat his comb from a delicious soup she cooked for us. That was my revenge and I will never forget!
I have roosters for breeding a small hatchery my wife has started. I can say that several have been aggresive with my wife and I. The only thing is, I cant get rid of them, because of the breeding. I dont know how to calm them down for my wife's sake. What should I do?
Wonderful information! Thank you for this video. Please message me with the name of your private group on facebook. I need to keep learning before I leap into homesteading. Thanks!
i had a rhode island red rooster that would chase anybody who came into our yard that did not belong there. and he got weirder by the day.
I do not breed my aggressive roos, I end up culling them. I have one rooster though who is around 3 (bantam cochin) and he is a very good boy so I did hatch eggs from him this year. I am hoping to get a couple nice roos from him because the two roos I ordered from a hatchery are already showing the first signs of aggression. That being said I keep mine under some really high latches ( I can barely reach them) and I always go with my son (5) to collect eggs. In general I let kids toss treats in over the top but I never allow them to get into the pen with the chickens because while I can recognize stalking behavior and body language like you said kids don't. Besides that I think even the most sweet child might accidently hurt a chicken.
I had a black Astrulop and a buff orpington rooster both started getting mean. Now I have a Americana and he is so much nicer. Still very protective of the flock. I try to keep a mellow rooster, because most of the time the chicks are mellow too. This goes for the hens too. If they get mean to have to go. Thanks for the video, glad you didn't show the pic. Feel bad just hearing you describe it.
Poor wee child. Thanks for this video. I'm still planning and saving for my homestead at this point. You've convinced me to never keep a rooster because I can guarantee that my daughter would tick it off and this would happen.
Just catching this now just saw a rooster yesterday-his spur was Huge! Major Respect!
Great advice,the farm is a place where accidents happen.
Yea, Justin Rhodes channel calls his birds Dinos…after raising them from chicks and on day one watched one of them try to peck the eyes of another baby chick…yes they are dinos & never take it for granted that they can't do harm. I haven't gotten a rooster yet, but when I do he better be Mister Nice Guy…or cookpot it is.
I keep my chickens in coops.
I'm debating ducks. I like ducks
Chickens are your babies. Be careful when children are involved with chickens. Patara has valid points in this video.
thank you for sharing your wisdom. .. I know for me being a urban farmer getting my head around homesteading I am going on a steep learning curve… and trying to explain the dangers to my 7 year old boy is challenging. .. I appreciate your wisdom greatly
people forget that chickens, pigs, goats and cows/bulls are LIVESTOCK! They are not pets! Especially the males as they instinctively want to be head of the group and protect the others of his species.
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This video brings back some memories close to the heart. When my children were younger we had a rooster that used to jump on their backs and spur them. I was going to put him in the pot but a friend of ours said he needed a rooster for his hens and would take him. So we rehomed him instead. The next time we saw our friend we asked how the rooster was doing. It was a short answer; the rooster decided to pick a fight with my friend's mule. The mule stomped him into nothing but a pile of bloody feathers.
great important video
i have my share including falls do to animal holes & mud falls
ive had my share of injuries and broken bones as a kid due to farm animals on our dairy farm…got chased by roosters, pigs, bulls, fallen off horse's and chased by mama cows. Yes so many accidents can happen to a child. Animals are so unpredictable sometimes…poor baby. Nice to know the baby is ok.
I had a friend when I was living near her ranch, her 10 old son would milk the cow they had. one day we heard him screaming, the cow had kicked him and put him through the barn wall it broke 3 ribs and his arm. all this because some idiot on the road was blaring his horn and the cow got spooked. she was a great milker but skiddish. after that none of the kids were allowed to milk her just the dad could milk her but even then she was skiddish.
I had a young rooster who wanted to flog when he first came to us. I would carry around one of those plastic leaf rakes, and every time he'd set up for that, I plunked the fan part of it down between me and him so he ran into it. I never yelled at him or even really reacted to him when he tried it, if possible, I 'ignored' him. We wanted to see if it went away after he settled into a new place, and thankfully it did.
Animals hurt other animals. Hurt themselves and hurt us. Mantra. Repeat it. Be careful.
Too many parents fail to watch over young children. When my mom was a young child, she had their rooster go after her. Thank God my grandmother was attentive.
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I was putting in my hens and my bramha rooster came up behind me and jump up on me and Thore my back and it was bleading mad
One reason I don't want chickens is from Mom having about 200 when I was 8 years old. I had to feed them and collect the eggs which the hens did not want to give up. I was attacked numerous times. Thankfully it was winter in Northern Indiana and I had lots of layers of clothing to help protect me. I still got cuts and scrapes as well as being thoroughly terrorized.
Thanks for this video and the the subscribers with their own stories and advice!