To get this rooster gone?

[Kate8889]

We have a farm near our house that's funded by taxpayers so everyone gets to visit. It's staffed by volunteers. We were walking on the evening and there was a rooster who had these beautiful black feathers that turned colorful when sunlight hit them.

Without thinking, I reached out to try to pet the gorgeous bird. He ran away and I thought no more of it. A couple minutes later he snuck up behind me and pecked at my leg enough to draw blood.

I told the people managing the farm and he was gone the next day, butchered.

My husband says I was being unreasonable, that the rooster was just defending his personal space and safety. I however like to feel safe when out for a walk. Was I unreasonable to report this rooster?

How unsafe did you feel before the Rooster attack?

Were you threatening to sue or generally kicking off about a dangerous cockerel? Or politely informing them?

either way I wouldn’t have bothered telling them. I’d have kicked myself for trying to stroke it.

if you hadn’t told them it would still be alive but guess they were worried it might do it to a kid.

The poor coq

I politely let them know what happened

Poor fucker

And then everyone clapped.

You should have worn long wellington boots for protection, i thought everyone knew the steps we have to take to prevent roosters being able to peck at our legs?

rookie error

Just as well you were nowhere near a tiger eh.

Well you weren't to know they were going to do that.

And it may have been a problem rooster that had a long history of bad behaviour around people, and yours was the last straw that broke the camels back.

Or maybe someone just fancied a nice roast this weekend.

Unless you demanded the rooster was killed when you reported it, I wouldn't worry.

It’s incredibly common. Roosters are tolerated until they turn mean towards people and then they become dinner. There’s so many of them that it’s not worth keeping nasty ones around.

You weren’t unreasonable. Lots of people consider the first offence to be the last offence when it comes to roosters so it’s not surprising really.

Roosters don't attack? This definitely happened to me!

I wasn't expecting a sneak attack

Why did you tell the farm? Did you feel the injury was quite serious?

My DD was pecked by a goose at a wildfowl and wetlands place when she was little. It didn’t occur to me to tell the staff, but then she wasn’t badly hurt.

It was bleeding for a while so I thought I'd mention it so maybe they could contain him somewhere

I however like to feel safe when out for a walk.

Guessing the rooster did too. Except you tried to stroke him, then reported him for trying to keep himself safe. And now he is dead.

Well the poor rooster probably wasn't expecting a human to try and pet it. What were you thinking?

He's not a wild animal, I thought he'd run away and that would be that

One of my kids was once chased by a whole gang of angry turkeys 🦃 🦃 🦃 🦃 🦃 But we didn't report them to Big Paxo. We let them live (at least until Christmas) 😀

YABU and it's a cockerel, not a rooster

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So because you couldn’t keep your hands to yourself and then keep your mouth shut the poor bird is dead.

Oh right. But perhaps it was the fact that you tried to touch him that caused him to attack you?

Maybe the farm should put up a notice asking visitors not to touch the animals. Surprised they don’t already do that tbh.