South Australian woman dies after an attack by a rooster

crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

2 Sep 19

@JudyEv the rooster could'a been blockin' her way, bless her. back when i 'twas growin', if'n there 'twas an aggressive rooster, such 'twas made 'nto sunday dinner.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

@crazyhorseladycx Same on the farm. They never attacked twice.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

I guess it happened so quickly and she couldn't get back to the house or whatever before losing too much blood. I always kept one eye on the roosters and always had something in my hand in case I needed it.

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Simone

@Janet357 (75646)

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2 Sep 19

oh this is an unusual news. but all along, am always afraid of rooster and hen with lots of chicks with her as they are so protective

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

Yes, hens will attack too if they feel their chickens are being threatened.

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mor

@stringer321 (5644)

• Kiryat Ata, Israel

3 Sep 19

@JudyEv they are being like men, they protect their female, like a knight :-)

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Simone

@Janet357 (75646)

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3 Sep 19

@stringer321

wish our husbands would be like.that too.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

2 Sep 19

That's sad! I guess we have to be careful when collecting eggs.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

2 Sep 19

@JudyEv I guess that's true!

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

It always pays to keep an eye on a rooster.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77164)

• Germany

2 Sep 19

I have not heard a news like this. Poor woman. I am always scared to go nearby the roosters of my late father.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

It pays to keep your distance and to keep your eye on them.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

@thelme55 It is commonsense I think but of course some people aren't used to poultry.

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Thelma

@thelme55 (77164)

• Germany

3 Sep 19

@JudyEv yes, I did that when I was near the roosters.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87854)

• Bangalore, India

2 Sep 19

That's sad. These birds attack only for self defense and can't be blamed for it. Their aggressiveness comes as a survival tool. Feeling sad for the woman. Varicose veins are really painful and so prone to damage.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

It is very sad indeed. I guess she didn't have time to get help and couldn't stop the bleeding.

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87854)

• Bangalore, India

7 Sep 19

@JudyEv Yes quite unfortunate

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Jaya singh

@Starkinds (32712)

• India

2 Sep 19

OMG this is shocking news

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

It's very sad. Varicose veins can bleed very badly if they are ruptured.

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Jaya singh

@Starkinds (32712)

• India

2 Sep 19

@JudyEv ohh

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Michele

@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

2 Sep 19

I would never expect that.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223802)

• Chile

2 Sep 19

It seems to me that roosters are territorial. They have 'their hens' and their pens.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223802)

• Chile

3 Sep 19

@JudyEv I don´t know why people don´t know that. Surely the woman knew about hens.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Sep 19

@marguicha They can be unpredictable. Maybe he'd never shown any aggression before.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

That's true. Entire males mostly can never be trusted - rams, bulls, stallions. My nephew's male goat attacked him the other day.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

2 Sep 19

Its true that they can get to be very nasty birds specially when there are a load of hens around them so the one that was with the hens when I used to feed them tried to peck most days but I learned to shove the bucket of food into his mush and thought there take that and he backed off. Lucky for me he did not last long either. So sorry about what happened to the lady though. Beware of roosters they do have that aggro in them.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

2 Sep 19

@JudyEv Yes you never know when or what they can get up to next that is what I don´t like about them.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

I'm always careful around roosters and I make sure I have something with me that I can use to fend them off if they should attack.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137819)

• India

3 Sep 19

If she was a diabetic she may not have felt the attack.

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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

That's a good point.

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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32747)

• Calgary, Alberta

27 Oct 20

There is also a recent news of a COP getting killed by a rooster.

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Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker

@CaptAlbertWhisker (32747)

• Calgary, Alberta

28 Oct 20

@JudyEv the talons alone are creepy.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Oct 20

Really? He must have been a bit unlucky but I'm sure roosters could inflict a lot of damage.

@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Oct 20

@CaptAlbertWhisker That's for sure. They can grow very long and very sharp.

Anna

@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

2 Sep 19

Roosters are vicious and I know that my grandmother wore boots when she went to feed them. I am sorry for this woman, if someone would have been around to help she could be saved.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

3 Sep 19

@JudyEv You never know, here there are many steep woods and hills, at least there is someone who can call for help.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

It's very sad. It seems she was on her own.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

@LadyDuck That is very good advice if you're going hunting.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108196)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Sep 19

So sad. Those veins make it even more dangerous to be around anything that can cut you. Yes they can be very dangerous creatures.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108196)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Sep 19

@JudyEv I am sure it was. For most people it would have just been at the worst a deep gash that might have needed a few stitches.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

I can imagine it happening although it is a freak accident.

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rakski

@rakski (126031)

• Philippines

2 Sep 19

oh my, such a sad news.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

It would be a very unexpected accident. Very sad.

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rakski

@rakski (126031)

• Philippines

2 Sep 19

@JudyEv yes, that is true

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121729)

• Gainesville, Florida

2 Sep 19

Random is a very fine looking rooster. I assume that since he decided to stay at the Wellington Mills campsite that there were plenty of ladies around to keep him interested and occupied?

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121729)

• Gainesville, Florida

5 Sep 19

@JudyEv Well he's there to stand guard now against any foxes who may have the wrong idea about messing with his hens!

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

I think there were a few hens there. How they avoided being eaten by foxes I don't know. I imagine they perched high in the trees at night.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182204)

• United States

2 Sep 19

What a terrible story. I guess all animals can be dangerous, if they think they are provoked for some reason.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

It was just the fact that he punctured a vein with his spurs. I guess it was with his spurs. That seems more likely than him pecking at her legs. They usually fly in with legs stuck out.

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Sandy

@velvet53 (22533)

• Palisade, Colorado

5 Sep 19

This reminds me so much of mother hogs attacking people. Unfortunately I had to help look for a missing man and we found where the pigs had attack him. It was not pleasant.

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Sandy

@velvet53 (22533)

• Palisade, Colorado

6 Sep 19

@JudyEv How true. When I was in my early teens I used to go to my great aunt and uncles place in the summer. One day a neighbor lady came by and asked if we had seen her husband as she couldn't find him anywhere. A search party was set up and I was with the group that found him. There was nothing but bones left in the pig pen.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Sep 19

Pigs are not to be messed with either. Mother animals can be equally as ferocious as males.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Sep 19

@velvet53 Oh my dear. That's really awful. How terrible for all concerned. :(

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mor

@stringer321 (5644)

• Kiryat Ata, Israel

3 Sep 19

I used to have bold vains in my right leg. I treated them with some shots that injected chemical that just melted them. That was a cosmetic medical procedure. Now I understand it was a life saving procedure if a hen would attack me :-)

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mor

@stringer321 (5644)

• Kiryat Ata, Israel

4 Sep 19

@JudyEv thank you, luckily I did treat them. It just looks not so good. It took some time and I needed to walk with a big bandage on my leg.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Sep 19

@stringer321 It's good that you had them treated. Did you have them done a long time ago?

@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Sep 19

This article was recommending that people get their varicose veins treated because of the danger of haemorrhage.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

2 Sep 19

Tread lightly around a rooster.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

And always keep one eye on him.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

2 Sep 19

@JudyEv Thank heavens I do not have any roosters here or near me. Maybe people have read about that attack or others and want to stay away from them.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Sep 19

Those with varicose veins need to be careful too, if they knock themselves.

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@JudyEv (342171)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 19

@Hannihar I think the rooster flew at her and probably scratched her leg with his talons.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

2 Sep 19

@JudyEv So do you think she may have hurt herself and that the rooster did not attack her?

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

2 Sep 19

Oh my gosh, this is horrible! WE do have to keep a watch on the animals around us.

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