'Berko' rooster pierces girl's throat
Sydney Morning Herald
March 28, 2006

A four-year-old girl has been airlifted to hospital after a savage rooster attack left her with a collapsed lung.

"She had been pecked quite savagely on the face, the neck and it appears it did pierce her windpipe," said NRMA CareFlight helicopter spokesman, Ian Badham.

Grace Angel, who lives on a farm near Mudgee, was airlifted to Orange Base Hospital last night before being flown on to Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney.

Her uncle, Ben Angel, told smh.com.au that Grace and her two sisters were "feeding the chooks" when the rooster went "berko".

"It's gone off its tits. I don't know what it was doing. You hear of cranky roosters but I've never heard of one actually attacking anyone like that," Mr Angel said.

"It's just a dumb bloody white rooster. I didn't think roosters were that violent actually."

He said Grace's father would have wasted little time in destroying the rooster.

"I don't think the rooster's alive. Knowing my brother, he would've smashed it."


"berko" and "off its tits" in the one article!! Thats Gold!
I love Oztraya!