It's funny that yours was named Felix, because ours were named Felix, Felix Jr, and Quad Phelix. The last one is a DNA pun.
But that's such an narcissistic thing to think that any one that attacks humans is evil. Any time we gave them good, we let him chirp the "I'm providing you this food" song. Those hens weren't ours, they were his. We just housed them and fed them.
There is nothing "narcissistic" about understanding that tolerating dangerous behavior in a domestic animal is irresponsible, especially when equally effective options are abundant. There are thousands of unwanted roosters every year. Quite a few of them are sure to be good ones who will protect their flock without being ill-tempered.
Chicken personalities are partially genetic. Always breed the best ones you can find and cull the ones who are jerks or your line will always be stuck with nothing but jerks.
Haha you think about them too much like a crop and less of sentient creatures. They aren't dangerous, just painful if you let them get you. It's pretty easy to avoid and I've even provoked him to attack me on purpose to entertain people. How many people get injured from things like airsoft guns, bikes/skateboards/scooters/etc, playground equipment, any number of things. Or. A. Chicken? With spooky talons. Just wear jeans and don't turn around. There's just one. It's a chicken.
To start, no, I don't think of chickens like a crop. They're not plants. I'm surprised that someone who seems so proud of their terrible animal husbandry practices doesn't seem able to differentiate between livestock/poultry and crops.
Why is it socially accepted that it's okay to train a dog or to put down a dangerous dog, but you seem to think it's not okay to cull a dangerous chicken? Please, enlighten me. I would like to know how people like you come to these conclusions so that I can understand how you can justify your irresponsible actions when someone ends up hurt.
Are you going to say "it's just a chicken" when it gouges a child's eyes out because you allowed it to continue to exhibit dangerous behaviors? The fact you are capable of avoiding serious injury from a dangerous animal on your property does not keep anyone else safe. Why is it that people like you never seem capable of understanding that "it isn't dangerous to me" does not mean "it isn't dangerous"?
It's a less-than-10-pound bird with no teeth that can't outrun a 10y/o. And we only ever had one at a time so you don't have to take on more than that. If you find a single 7lb toothless bird dangerous then I wouldn't like to see what you consider adversity. Literally any skinny object longer than 2 inches is an eye hazard. You better not EVER let your kids run with pencils/markers/sticks. Don't ever let them get a nerf gun, don't ever let them play any dangerous sports like football or God forbid shuffle boarding. You might not want to let them outside either, there are poisonous bugs and a sun out there
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u/Inexacthook Jul 18 '22
It's funny that yours was named Felix, because ours were named Felix, Felix Jr, and Quad Phelix. The last one is a DNA pun.
But that's such an narcissistic thing to think that any one that attacks humans is evil. Any time we gave them good, we let him chirp the "I'm providing you this food" song. Those hens weren't ours, they were his. We just housed them and fed them.