When it comes to farm animals, I like to imagine scenes from popular animated movies and assume they have to stick together. It looks like my assumption is right!
On September 5, 2021, the farmer, Jaap Beets, was standing in his farmhouse in Gelderland, Netherlands, when he heard a loud commotion coming from his livestock outside.
In the viral video posted by the farmer, a hawk can be seen flying in from the right side of the screen. The large bird immediately targets a solo chicken. The chicken gets away at first with quick move, but then runs into the fence with nowhere to go.
With its prey now cornered, the hawk circles back and grabs the chicken. But the chicken's barnyard pals were already prepared to take action.
A heroic rooster is first to the scene trying to save his friend but is unable to distract the hawk. Fortunately, another one of the chicken's friends, a goat was the next to step up, charging in horns-first and stomping all over the hawk, until the predator eventually lets go of the chicken and flies off.
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