They can be scary for a kid, they're not a small bird and aggressive. Maybe some genetic fear of dinosaur going on. They would also peck your eyeballs out if you let them.
We had Ginny's and they are very stupid. They did not attack us but instead would run direct for the road every time they got out with a suicide wish. A large flock of birds tired of living.
When I was very young(between 1 and 2), the neighbor's rooster attacked and chased me. The neighbors really liked my family, and they were so pissed at the bird that they ate him.
It's the oldest memory I have. Not all the surrounding details, I know that shit because my parents told me the story. What I actually remember is seeing that pissed off devil bird's head bob up and down in the window as it repeatedly jumped the door, after I got inside. And I'm only like.. 70% sure it's a real memory and not some fuckery my brain conjured up at some point.
If it is genuine, you're well younger than the average, which a recent study puts around 2.5 years. I have nothing before my parents bought a house shortly before my 3rd birthday; a few things my Dad did repeatedly the first summer or two, the Challenger disaster when I was ~4.5, and a few 'dumb kid' memories I can't date beyond "before I started preschool after my 5th b-day." https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/earliest-memories-can-start-from-the-age-of-two-and-a-half-new-study-shows/
That tracks. I have a vague memory of carrying toys from my grandparents' house down the trail to the house I grew up in. My mom was still pregnant with my sister and I was just at that 2 1/2 year old mark.
When my mother was like.. 8 or 9 their rooster attacker her and actually cut her up a bit, her dad snatched it up and chopped its head off, they ate it that night. You really can't have roosters doing that sort of thing
yeah, if they realize you're afraid of them they will attack you. My father-in-law's rooster attacked me ... I really tried not to be afraid, I attacked right back with a shovel, but he still got me in the leg pretty good. He got eaten a couple of days later, too.
We had a mean ol' rooster when I was a kid. My dad hot glued a broom handle into the opening of a 3 liter soda bottle, and we'd take it with us when we went outside to play. That rooster would come up on the attack, we'd swing that stick and *BONK* him with that big plastic bottle (which would surprise the rooster more than hurt him), and he'd make a lot of noise and run away. After the last hen died he became a sweet little lap rooster though, so we retired the bottle.
Chickens, just like humans and any other reasonably intelligent animals, can change pretty drastically over the course of their lives. Sometimes it's a direct response to external changes, as you suggest but other times it's just an internal change in outlook or reevaluation that prompts the change
So it's possible he became less aggressive when there were no hens to impress but maybe he got lonely and turned to who was available with them gone. Kids might have gotten less annoying as they grew
I mean, that's what happened to him, I can't say for other roosters or what's normal. I've also got one now with a whole harem of hens, and he's sweet as a puppy.
jhuckaby
And then everyone clapped.
ROGUEdenied
Kimsgrim
They can be scary for a kid, they're not a small bird and aggressive. Maybe some genetic fear of dinosaur going on. They would also peck your eyeballs out if you let them.
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
I think swearing while under assault is appropriate use of language
thosearntpillows
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isetprettygirlsonfire
This kid is going places
Kbantar
Probably KFC.
GravyEducation
You mess with the bull you get the horns *whap*
vampirelibrarian
Didn't happen
tinydog
A true hero!
Rovylern
Of Time, even…
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tomianttila
Ho.. Wh.. I need closure here...
ConfusedConda
I'm with PSJ. Spy chickens. All of them.
Magnar1183
My mom's first rooster had an insane hate-boner for my sister. He even kept attacking her after she broke his leg in self-defence
jb96387
You know what also happened is the abominable snowman road the Loch Ness monster to Narnia to take Dracula back to Mordor.
TheFastpaws
We had Ginny's and they are very stupid. They did not attack us but instead would run direct for the road every time they got out with a suicide wish. A large flock of birds tired of living.
BrigidtheMechLady
That's when you grab the rooster and make Coq au Van
Schadwen
Show no fear
GeneralComments
Snow no fear
Idontneedrealfacts
not that I believe any "my child did X" but, in the very very very small chance this is real, the kid has properly learned when to properly swear.
CheeseGreaterGood
I have my doubts a 7 year old would say that.
reichstein
Clearly you aren't swearing around them enough. /s
DdCno1
I returned from my first day of kindergarten swearing like a sailor. I was four.
IloveHockey
that happened.
Sorrontis
Zelda taught me to respect the chickens
InfOracle
Assassin's Creed Odyssey for me
oldguyexlurker
"Fear" is the word you were looking for.
GravyEducation
No it taught you to fear them, for a thousand chickens once descended upon the house of Sorrontis
poscduke
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aflarge
When I was very young(between 1 and 2), the neighbor's rooster attacked and chased me. The neighbors really liked my family, and they were so pissed at the bird that they ate him.
NaughtButOne
https://youtu.be/ZoE9fyaas4I?t=120
Sasurau
They were so mad they ate their cock.
demosteness
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BukkakeRider3000
That does send a message.
aflarge
It's the oldest memory I have. Not all the surrounding details, I know that shit because my parents told me the story. What I actually remember is seeing that pissed off devil bird's head bob up and down in the window as it repeatedly jumped the door, after I got inside. And I'm only like.. 70% sure it's a real memory and not some fuckery my brain conjured up at some point.
SumOneElse
If it is genuine, you're well younger than the average, which a recent study puts around 2.5 years. I have nothing before my parents bought a house shortly before my 3rd birthday; a few things my Dad did repeatedly the first summer or two, the Challenger disaster when I was ~4.5, and a few 'dumb kid' memories I can't date beyond "before I started preschool after my 5th b-day." https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/earliest-memories-can-start-from-the-age-of-two-and-a-half-new-study-shows/
LateNightBunnyParty
That tracks. I have a vague memory of carrying toys from my grandparents' house down the trail to the house I grew up in. My mom was still pregnant with my sister and I was just at that 2 1/2 year old mark.
WeMistbornsNeedNotMakeSense
Classic fuq around and find out
3Davideo
*cluck around and find out
msfeatherbottom
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AgamemnonsMemes
When my mother was like.. 8 or 9 their rooster attacker her and actually cut her up a bit, her dad snatched it up and chopped its head off, they ate it that night. You really can't have roosters doing that sort of thing
Elvirana
yeah, if they realize you're afraid of them they will attack you. My father-in-law's rooster attacked me ... I really tried not to be afraid, I attacked right back with a shovel, but he still got me in the leg pretty good. He got eaten a couple of days later, too.
LateNightBunnyParty
We had a mean ol' rooster when I was a kid. My dad hot glued a broom handle into the opening of a 3 liter soda bottle, and we'd take it with us when we went outside to play. That rooster would come up on the attack, we'd swing that stick and *BONK* him with that big plastic bottle (which would surprise the rooster more than hurt him), and he'd make a lot of noise and run away. After the last hen died he became a sweet little lap rooster though, so we retired the bottle.
itsallaboutthecones
Hold up, the territorial hormones really turn off completely when there isn't a cloaca available for them to glaze?
salligheri24
Oh yeah. My neighbor had a pet rooster. It was super chill, use to just sit on the fence and watch stuff. Turned into an asshole when they added hens.
LostCaterpillar
Chickens, just like humans and any other reasonably intelligent animals, can change pretty drastically over the course of their lives. Sometimes it's a direct response to external changes, as you suggest but other times it's just an internal change in outlook or reevaluation that prompts the change
So it's possible he became less aggressive when there were no hens to impress but maybe he got lonely and turned to who was available with them gone. Kids might have gotten less annoying as they grew
LateNightBunnyParty
I mean, that's what happened to him, I can't say for other roosters or what's normal. I've also got one now with a whole harem of hens, and he's sweet as a puppy.
itsallaboutthecones
He's beautiful!
LateNightBunnyParty
We love The Power. Him baby.