Bizarre: Chicken Startles 6-Month-Old Baby to Death in Kenya

A Kenyan family is mourning the death of their six-year-old son who died after he was allegedly startled by a chicken.

The baby is reported to have tried to get hold of one of the hen’s chicks before it reacted to defend its young one, according to the boy’s mother Robai Toboko. The hen flew towards the baby who was in his mother’s arms.

“My baby was in my arms trying to hold one of its chicks when the hen attacked him,” Toboko told journalists at her home in Shikokhwe village, Malava, Kakamega County.

She added that after the attack, her son Hagai Bushuru cried for a while before he collapsed. Toboko immediately alerted her neighbors but attempts to resuscitate the baby were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead.

There were no physical injuries on the baby’s body. The killer chicken was slaughtered and its chicks killed, according to The Standard. Reports indicate villagers will conduct a cleansing ceremony after the bizarre incident.