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By: John ONeill

John ONeill — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:08:33 +0000

> He apparently put up quite a fight when the foxes finally got him, judging from the carnage.

Tragic!! I’m sure he acquitted himself well, but we’ll miss him. The life of an attack chicken is a short one.

Funny you should mention the mind control look. It’s dangerous to capture that kind of thing on film. I had to look out of the corner of my eye the whole time I was editing this post; otherwise the only thing I could type was, “Yes, Master.”

By: Managing Editor Howard Andrew Jones

Managing Editor Howard Andrew Jones — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:12:59 +0000

I was doing my best “Bond villain with savage attack animal” impression that I could. Note the ring of power, and my mind control look, as though I’m sending forth the leader of my flock of killer roosters.

The sad thing is that this rooster was actually very gentle (owing to my daughter’s constant handling of him when he was young). Most rooster’s aren’t. He apparently put up quite a fight when the foxes finally got him, judging from the carnage.

By: John ONeill

John ONeill — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:09:52 +0000

My understanding is it’s a highly-trained attack chicken.

There’s a definite air of mystery about it as, to my knowledge, no one who has ever encountered the attack chicken has lived to tell of it.

By: Sarah Avery

Sarah Avery — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:48:47 +0000

Given the combination of expression and gesture in that photo, I always imagined the chicken was destined to be a blood sacrifice for some sort of dire sorcery.