[AT] Fowl Attack

Gene Dotson gdotsly at watchtv.net
Thu Mar 3 09:25:34 PST 2011


    I have an Amish neighbor who had a tom turkey who didn't like me wearing 
a red sweatshirt and would come after me any time my back was turned. He 
sustained a fatal neck injury just before Thanksgiving a couple years ago. 
The one they have now is a lot more tolerant and sets and watches from atop 
a fence post.

    As a youngster growing up, we always had a few domestic geese around, 
mainly to weed the soybean fields. The pasture fence was at the back of the 
yard and one of the dogs got close to the fence and the gander punched him 
on the nose with his beak. The dog knew the shortest way through the fence 
and immediately educated the gander. There was a truce between the two of 
them after that.

            Gene


>>
> Gene, blame it on the miserable cold winter we are experiencing. It
> keeps me indoors more and gives me time to work on converting these old
> videos, something I have had in mind for a long time.
> Yes, I've heard geese can be pretty formidable "attack birds" too
> although never experienced it. This rooster was a real fighter and would
> attack my Dad as he rode by on his lawn tractor sometimes. As long as
> you had gloves and heavy boots you were ok but don't even think about
> shorts and sandals. Those spurs would tear your legs up pretty bad.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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