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Old 12-01-2007, 06:38 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Alan Holmes Alan Holmes is offline
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Default Now brooding over bantams.


"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message

Years ago he had a bantam - sweet little thing. It used to fly at

him,
spurs at the ready trying to attack every time he went near it. In

the end
he had to carry a tennis racket with him and swat it to the other

end of the
run before he could get the eggs!


:-)) Years ago I had a rooster that did the same thing to me. I
called him Darryl after a swaggering but good looking fellow I worked
with who had a similar rooster-like focus on women.

I once had Darryl fly at me and rip my calf to shreds. Unfortunately
for Darryl there was piece of 4x2 lying next to me when he attacked
and I swung it and knocked poor old Darryl unconscious. I thought I'd
killed the poor thing but he came to and was as good (or is that as
bad?) as ever. I eventually had to do him in because he was so
dangerous but he got the final revenge as he was as tough as an old
boot.


If I had a chicken like that he would have been on the table before he could
say no!

I was bought up to keep rabbits and chickens and they were primarily for the
table, not as pets.

Alan