Meet Tungrus and His Pet Chicken From Hell | Op-Docs

This post-Thanksgiving weekend, we bring you Rishi Chandna’s story of a family terrorized by their pet rooster. But “Tungrus and the Chicken From Hell” is more than the simple tale of a pampered and unruly chicken; it’s a parable about a man reenacting memories of his village upbringing in the middle-class context of a Mumbai apartment - and the wry patience his family uses to cope.
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[@KarlaAkins1]

I was not emotionally prepared for that ending!

[@vr9580]

I didn't like the end at all :( very sad end.

[@helenaquinn7480]

Really? It made me happy

[@AishawithanEye]

@@helenaquinn7480 Because you're a monster.

[@billjoe39]

@@vr9580 wish i'd known that before upvoting!

[@helenaquinn7480]

@Jesus Almenas thanks! I'm eating 🐔 right now. So I'm a monster

[@Cabrerajae123]

This got very dark, very quickly...

[@williamschutz4982]

Melk Shaik indeed.

[@AishawithanEye]

Yeah I stopped watching at 11:51, but the rest was good.

[@spicybrown75]

Well that was mean!🤬

[@warmlantern0000]

Melk Shaik it was funny then got cruel😡😢

[@MM-Iconoclast]

A little too quickly for me.

[@alanosmarceballosfranco7205]

This started being funny, then It got unconfortable, then dark and It was heartbreaking at the end

[@gugledolfgu2098]

Ya... It was unexpected

[@krithikasivakumar9767]

Exactly!!

[@anilavarghese5548]

@@krithikasivakumar9767 haha Moral of the story No one likes bullies!

[@PussGreyPussMeng]

broiler chicken every endings good ending : the chicken lived up to 20 years happily bad ending : the chicken get slaughtered best ending : the chicken got new chickens as freinds

[@abdullahalrafi6463]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ2qeomaqslsbJY

[@joeserrano9722]

What a cold hearted owner of a moster poor chicken

[@QuarterAgedMillennial]

You can't be surprised by the ending. He said in the beginning he got the chick as a TOY for his cats... Not really the kinda guy you should expect a happy ending from...

[@dannymorales845]

QuarterAged Millennial facts

[@AishawithanEye]

Yeah I had already found it disturbing when he said that. You can also see by the way he chases it around he doesn't see it as a friend or equal, but just as the phantom reminder of a childhood lost.

[@sankofax8082]

@@AishawithanEye exactly... it was simply a nostalgic trip for him. his sons even said he grew up in the village.

[@swatisri2409]

He is just being Zen about it. The rooster probably had some great past lives, which is why it’s life as an ordinary rooster who is caged for life until he gets killed to be eaten, became an extraordinary one with so much fun and frolic. But all good things must come to an end. Every life, no matter how grandly lived, must end. It it would be a happy ending too, filling the stomach of the person who gave you enjoyment of life.. instead of some strangers stomach.

[@VivKittie32]

QuarterAged Millennial Yeah he’s definitely a game player

[@pysco1996]

The fact that the New York Times did a whole mini documentary on a chicken is kind of fascinating.

[@mahoney8001]

Speaks a lot for the state of journalism in the US lol

[@manamanaman]

An interesting one mind you.

[@laraoloughlin6523]

@@mahoney8001 It was a documentary on the complex phenomenon that one person's pampered pet can be another person's (or the same person's in this case) dinner. Much higher quality material than most articles I read.

[@teja_0269]

Hi friends I have a chicken named JCB he died yesterday We have been crying from yesterday 😭😭😭😭😭 Everyday he come to my bed And sleeping with us He get up when we get up He eat food when we eat It's very hard to digest friends Watching his photos and videos😭😭😭😭

[@ques3234]

@@teja_0269 good for you

[@vinuthnavinuthna5800]

I have 2 roosters at my home I love them a alot . I bought them when they were small chicken babies. They are affectionate towards me. Some times I feel like they are my best frnd to whom I can share my thoughts. Me and my rooster sit on the terrace some evening's and have great time watching the sunset and cool breeze . They become very important part in my life and also to my family members. Every member of our family would love to pet them both. Hope that they have long and happy life ❤ it's been two years since they are living in my house.

[@RaoGaganYadav525]

Who is here after samay raina's live stream

[@xvenom2145]

It's really bad, that they killed it

[@xvenom2145]

Samay did not f*cking mention it

[@namankhanna3625]

Bat shi thi dusre ko khilane se acha hum khud q na kha le.. if u think for a moment

[@jagjeetdigwa6850]

I really appreciate it

[@arpitasaren2890]

From Samay's stream 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️😁😁

[@user6623]

whoever directed and shot this, you are amazing

[@grahamblackmore6169]

brilliant...thankyou

[@humpmunky]

It’s like a feel good story and then (Dunn dun dunn) murder

[@Teelirious]

Beautifully crafted. Thank you.

[@wmw8867]

@Pierre P That's the Indian way. Travel around India & you will see most average Middle Class men favour these T'Shirts - not sure why.

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

I was thinking the same thing, its capturing me lol up until they killed the chicken.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

That chicken had a great life & one really bad day.

[@GrassPossum]

That is as good as it gets. Nobody gets more.

[@danielkelly5112]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha. ..

[@prayfortheworld7960]

Man..I would just give the chicken for adoption than slaughter it and eat it myself.The place that old man slaughter is just right under the rooster nose.What a tragic life for the rooster

[@shannonsuo6970]

Aaron Burr Atwood. The circle of life

[@EmInMI80]

I believe that's more than most of us can hope for.

[@plagueratss]

you could’ve just asked me to take the chicken, I’d gladly take him.

[@booifojoe]

With fries?

[@plagueratss]

*Thats dark*

[@p.f.886]

​@@booifojoe nah, I'd take him and take care of him as if he were my own dog, giving him love and protection.

[@adeutube1]

Hello, he prefers to eat the chicken instead of giving it away

[@teja_0269]

Hi friends I have a chicken named JCB he died yesterday We have been crying from yesterday 😭😭😭😭😭 Everyday he come to my bed And sleeping with us He get up when we get up He eat food when we eat It's very hard to digest friends Watching his photos and videos😭😭😭😭

[@konpeitojellie]

Warning: if you love animals or you're expecting a happy ending here, just.. leave for your own good

[@teja_0269]

Hi friends I have a chicken named JCB he died yesterday We have been crying from yesterday 😭😭😭😭😭 Everyday he come to my bed And sleeping with us He get up when we get up He eat food when we eat It's very hard to digest friends Watching his photos and videos😭😭😭😭

[@elisac.3179]

I wish I would have read your comment before...

[@arjuneol]

Thanks for saving me from watching the end. I'll leave right away.

[@ShinkuGouki]

They killed the rooster 🥺🥺🥺

[@kippyc98]

hahaha that was a happy ending! chicken in the belly!

[@LachlanGB]

This walks in that twilight zone of not being satire but being satire.

[@KimMarohn]

It’s also kind of like a modern, digital version of an old American carnival geek show

[@justharry3118]

Well done for the 12 minute documentary about a chicken in a human house. Great work.

[@jordantran6222]

plz dont cook it

[@Sofia-ik3sl]

@@jordantran6222 we can co-adopt him maybe. So when one of us gets sick of him we switch off.

[@XavierValentine]

I loved this vid 😂😂

[@tylerweber7184]

Idk, I was pretty entertained

[@sadafkhan1388]

This was the cruelest video i have ever seen..i myself had raised a chicken since it was a day old..n it remained with me for more than a year..he was old then..n died a natural death in my own hands..even a small wound of him used to make me cry..how could these people eat it..this video is just an example of how insesnsitive a human can be!!!!

[@ncd15722]

So true....

[@sailesteele4372]

As an Indian I know that people here abandon their pets very often. I'm not surprised that they saw the poor bird as a disposable toy

[@Ama40401]

I traveled to India and was absolutely appalled by the amount of neglected and abused animals. For a country that deems itself compassionate, it’s a big lie. This mini documentary was horrible. I regret watching it.

[@React2This]

This was charming right up until it was horrifying.

[@pogpogpurinn]

But they treat the rooster like shot and fead it chicken! They didnt have the space for him. Lime why did they even take it in to just torment it and turn it into a crazy thing

[@j.s.2281]

@@pogpogpurinn yeah they really didn't know much about roosters before getting one lol

[@j.s.2281]

Does it show it being killed??

[@lagoskids8011]

J. S. Yes

[@WhirlwindandHeatburst]

J. S. Did you not see the very end?

[@amanfemmy6440]

He is not the only one who kept chicken as a pet, many people do that. Even i had two chickens when I was 12 but I didn't eat them or killed them. I raised those chickens as my kids and buried them when they died. Infact those chickens changed my life and made me VEGETARIAN.

[@unexpectedfarm2000]

In 1962, when my pet chicken was killed by a predator, I instantly became a vegetarian--and I've been a vegan since 1975. Animals are our friends, not food.

[@amritasuresh8158]

This is so sweet!! Are you based in Hyderabad?!! 😇

[@amanfemmy6440]

Thanks for appreciating. I'm from Bihar actually.

[@user-et9pk1mm1q]

I have raised two chicken for almost 6 months, I didn’t considered them to be eaten yet i love them so much, i was aware that they have an affection to me as they keep running inside my house to look for me. But I didn’t allowed them bc they poooping everytime, Just recently last month they died and i missed them so much :(

[@shaikaisha4978]

I am having a pet rooster in my house now. Someone dumped him after breaking his leg, when he was a week old chick, and now he is 9months old. I didn't know roosters can be this intelligent and show their love towards us. I am in love with him and he is my baby❤.Any suggestions how to raise him healthy and happy.

[@mariposaartgallery2279]

He is terrified for some reason. You guys has not taken proper care of this rooster

[@duchelina]

Exactly! I've noticed the same. And at the end, cut his throat- he died slowly, in conscious and pain. What a cruelty!

[@meow_animagus]

felt bad for the rooster and then what they did at the end was just disgusting. RIP rooster, he deserved better. They were quite mean to him also no wonder he was acting out :(

[@ultrakwon]

It still thinks it’s a velociraptor.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

More people need pet chickens in this world. Just maybe not in the house.

[@Suzanne4R]

Love your videos :)

[@ericwood3709]

More home-grown eggs and poultry could help reduce factory farming!

[@vandanachoudhary9109]

White House on the Hill

[@davefarrelly3487]

I've raised a group of roosters in my house and now they don't stop following me

[@jackywaldon359]

I had a pet chicken she would come up to the house every day wanting in to lay her egg. She would pace back and forth until you let her in. White House On The Hill you have a great KZbin channel that I love watching.

[@jquest43]

9:52 rooster focuses on the shop where he will be killed. Good camera work!

[@nir_raw]

Good Observation ... Sad story of rooster .

[@holyshiet787]

"My time has come"

[@UnipornFrumm]

Death is unavoidable at this point in time

[@michaelmyers1875]

@Dynamite you actually took the comment seriously?

[@emilycunningham8125]

I am appalled. That poor beautiful soul.

[@nikkic83]

The ending was disturbing

[@cocolarue3082]

@Sage motivation Yeah Sage, it's not like that was an early shot. It's called editing.

[@therenegadekautsky1423]

Victoria Nichole not really. Pretty tame compared to what I’ve seen. Ever seen a chicken get its neck broke and/or head cut off? They run around for a bit when they are headless.

[@MultiDringus]

the ending was tasty

[@MrSavyasachi]

Trust me, it was tasty and the Dad was clear abt his intentions from the very start.. He didn't see it as a pet.. He saw it as food..

[@teja_0269]

Hi friends I have a chicken named JCB he died yesterday We have been crying from yesterday 😭😭😭😭😭 Everyday he come to my bed And sleeping with us He get up when we get up He eat food when we eat It's very hard to digest friends Watching his photos and videos😭😭😭😭

[@wrahvin]

That escalated quickly , but i have to say that the editing was amazing

[@amberlennon2203]

bruh this guy took him to a chicken butchering place, i have chickens and that just makes me sick and wanna cry :(

[@teja_0269]

Hi friends I have a chicken named JCB he died yesterday We have been crying from yesterday 😭😭😭😭😭 Everyday he come to my bed And sleeping with us He get up when we get up He eat food when we eat It's very hard to digest friends Watching his photos and videos😭😭😭😭

[@UnipornFrumm]

Why you have chickens if you dont eat them?

[@pokochii.ispoooky2757]

Same got me hugging my own rooster why would they give the rooster trust and then slaughter it it’s the owner who actually evil :(

[@amberscrocodiletears]

@@UnipornFrumm this is the most stupidest comment 🙄 I have 14 chickens and I would never dare harm them, you can have pet chickens and they are actually the most loving pets I have.

[@myrrysmaikku]

By having bought your female chickens you have paid for their young brothers to be butchered, because there is ”no use” for as many roosters as hens. Don’t act like you are innocent and have no part in such thing when it was done with your support and money. Demand and supply, unless your chickens were rescues that you didn’t pay for in which case my apologies for assuming otherwise because it’s not the majority.

[@DizzyWolf]

People-friendly chickens require chicken-friendly people.

The ending left me speechless...

[@gregpain7991]

You and the Chicken... ;)

[@calderondemorales2286]

Susana Gutiérrez si!!!

[@miakontabi9718]

Ye chicken are killed every day but I thought that was nothing new?

[@angelamilne2054]

Didnt watch the end of the video ...Its not as if they were starving! ...Even getting the chicken in the begining for the cats to play with was sick . Time for the family to wake up spiritually .

[@vr9580]

The end was BS. Might sound stupid but it was kind of an act of betrayal.

[@rileyw1139]

i have a pet rooster named pepe. i got him as a birthday present when he was 1 day old from my mum because she has a friend who is a farmer. i didn't actually expect her to get me a chicken for my birthday, i kind of was just joking with her so when she turned up with a box and i opened it to find a small baby chick inside i was very surprised. my dad wasn't very keen on the idea and was against it at first but eventually i got to keep the chick. since he was a baby he lived in my room in a box while i saved up a lot of money so i could buy him a nice chicken coop when he got older. when he started to get bigger he managed to get out of the box so every morning he would fly over onto my bed and sleep on me lol. i managed to buy a chicken coop for him and he started to live outside but he would always come inside for a visit and was very loving. i really hoped that he would turn out to be a hen because i lived in a suburban area and was worried if he turned out to be a rooster someone would complain and i would have to get rid of him. eventually i found out he was a rooster when he started crowing, so i decided to get a hen for him and named her tilly. they loved each other very much and would always be together it was very cute. my dad started to get fed up with them though and he wanted me to get rid of them both but i couldn't so i left to live with my mum and with pepe and tilly. they had a bigger property to roam around in and a big chicken enclosure with their own shed. unfortunately tilly passed away a while ago and pepe is still upset, he is about 2 years old now and i love him so much. he loves to sit on your lap or be picked up and cuddled, he will follow you around and when you call his name he will run over and he loves to do a little dance around your feet when he greets you. i have a lot of other hens now and pepe has a nice flock to keep himself company but he still loves to come down to my house with the hens to visit and spend time with us. he has never once attacked me or anyone else he is so friendly i never knew a rooster could be so kind and loving, i will always pick a chicken over a cat or dog

[@wesh866]

Riley W please post KZbin vids

[@SamtheMan0508]

I like your story Riley.

[@_Rushana_282]

@Rational PoC loool 😂

[@localextremist2839]

I would gladly pick a parrot or eagle as a pet

[@vanessaculater9038]

I had pet chickens too...I loved them..

[@ashraysinha5773]

11:36 this.this is where i lost it

[@omardude39]

That was so hilarious, comically so, and so well shot, right up until the last couple of minutes. All the comedy was gone, all the entertainment of the inconvenience, and they just sent it for slaughter. Made out more as a vengeance than anything

[@SkyCaptainITA]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[@florecita5059]

I wasnt prepared for the SAD END,good Lord.....😩😩

[@indiangladiator5703]

Me too😭

[@moremore8007]

This whole family seems have less emotional intelligence than any rooster.

[@moremore8007]

Hamza B you even could not read words i wrote. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Are you lack of it also?

[@TechnicalBarbarity]

"i just done want to be pecked by a chicken" part had me dying

[@Makaveli7Soldier]

I liked it up until the end.

[@EuriEuropa]

Makaveli Soldier you don't like chicken?!

[@calderondemorales2286]

Makaveli Soldier right!

[@mehreensaeedshafqat4720]

Not the end!

[@Firstlast-me6df]

Makaveli Soldier I definitely was not ready!! I thought his compassion wld prevail... Nope

[@LK-sy3kl]

That’s how your plate of wings gets to you, doesn’t make sense to be affected if you eat meat.

[@Lewiisss]

I am dead 😂 the cats are scared of the chicken 😂😂😂

[@troxycat]

I have seven cats, NONE of them dare mess with the chickens!

[@JesusRuiz-us2cj]

It's a rooster not a chicken. But it's true. I have a hen who is really aggressive and I have 6 dogs and none will mess with it.

[@troxycat]

@@JesusRuiz-us2cj I feel like there might be different terminoligy in different countries, because I've seen other people say this before. Here "chicken" means any sort of chicken, male or female. If we mean female, we say hen or pullet, if we mean male, we say rooster or cockerel.

[@orlaoto5794]

I just wet myself laughing

[@AAMUQuadChoppa]

The chicken is also dead lol

[@SteveSilverActor]

This is a brilliant piece. There is a lot in this. The irony that the man who brought him home and who arguably seems to have the most affection for the animal is the one who takes him to be slaughtered. It is a pet, and it is treated better than nearly all other roosters on the planet, yet in the end, he can't escape his fate. And while the father is the one who brings the chick home, the mother is the one left to care for and clean up after it. And yet he is the one who unilaterally decides to have it killed; in the end, his wife also can't escape her fate.

[@enki8161]

You’re so right Steve-I keep coming back to this video and all I can see are the resentments and circumstances of the people the rooster has affected. The rooster seems to act as a mechanism of control that the father reveres as he storms through the house, leaving a mess in his wake that effects everyone involved. Really masterful documentary.

[@morancium]

Who's here after SAMAY Raina's suggestions???

[@aryankarki4178]

You're fast AF

[@ahbarahad3203]

haan kar di comment ban gye cool

[@morancium]

@@ahbarahad3203 abb tumbhi cool ban gayee Congratulations

[@vinaytandel8587]

Rakte 2 bajebhi samay ne mera time waste kardia

[@morancium]

@@vinaytandel8587 bhai kya pathetic ENDING that 😭😭😭

[@omarseal]

What did I just watch ? wtf ??

[@Al-ok1lj]

Omar Seal No kidding!!! Wtf?!!

[@nikkiette8466]

I dont think the owner ever loved him. He bought him as a toy for his cats. Sickening

[@spino-tinodon1146]

Nikki Ette Well I blame the family for it. I mean come on! Roosters are animals that are meant to be in places with wide open spaces to run like the countryside and they definitely need some companions. That rooster was probably frustrated due to the lack of space that he had. It was almost like living in a prison.

[@lordhaer1896]

@@spino-tinodon1146 I agree but you went way too far. Think about the money you would spend for those open lands and think about the roosters. If they are free it is possible for them to fight. Private lands for the roosters themselves is a solution but it costs way too much! If you spend way too much, you dont have money to feed your animals and family.

[@monkeylisaismybias9038]

I have a pet chicken and I love it so much even tho I’m scared of it lol 😂

[@MrSavyasachi]

Nikki Ette Pls tell me you r a vegan.. Coz if not, then you are a hypocrite...

[@nihility.]

​@@MrSavyasachi You're missing the point. Buying an animal just to toy with it is wrong. "Don't play with your food." He shouldn't have bought it with that intent. That's what Niki finds sickening.

[@Time2RockUrLive]

Weird family, but what a wonderfully told story dear editing/ camera team. That was perfect!

[@lettzpinkie2736]

8:56 was probably the cutest part of this video

[@vivalabowtie8346]

Unfortunately, him holding the rooster on its back restricts breathing. Butchers often do this right before killing the chicken to calm them down. He's not cuddling with his owner, can't breathe. It makes them 'sleep', but it's bad for the rooster :(

[@renee3356]

"He must be a counterfeit rooster...he just crows whenever he feels like it" omg LOL

[@skgalindo7466]

I loved it until I saw the last 30seconds. . . :

S&K Galindo I was invested in the story and then... That happens... It broke my heart a little.

[@redpenink12]

press f to pay respects

[@DeRien8]

At least after that they played a shot of him trying to hold all 3 pets at once, then the cats scrambling away.

[@rollercoaster24]

F

[@wmw8867]

The smiles just disappeared with the Halal way of butchering rather than one quick cut . In Halal a small cut is made on the the neck & the animal/ bird left to bleed to their death. The butcher makes a cut leaves the Rooster in the drum & the drum shakes-- thats the last minutes of suffering. Animals birds many a times remain alive for over 20 minutest tho blood loss makes them too weak too move.

[@chiklesstorytime9339]

The reason your chicken is like that is because he is not tamed or maybe he just wants more love and affection so your chicken will trust you

[@rjmurphyo0]

I mean the rooster had a good life while alive but he was betrayed by false love! If you can't trust your parent than who can you trust?

[@drhank33y]

False love? Lol, he was being pretty up front about when he bought the chick it was just as a toy for his cats, lol. The chick was just a tough "streetcat" that managed to survive. He didn't get love, thats exactly why he was aggressive like shown in the video. He was just surviving in a toxic environment that was meant for him to die.

[@teja_0269]

Hi friends I have a chicken named JCB he died yesterday We have been crying from yesterday 😭😭😭😭😭 Everyday he come to my bed And sleeping with us He get up when we get up He eat food when we eat It's very hard to digest friends Watching his photos and videos😭😭😭😭

[@prats9211]

LOL they never loved him in the first place.

[@Rinetto]

"I bet no one has thought of keeping a rooster as a pet" I live in the same city as this guy and have 3 pet chickens. I prefer them over dogs or cats or any other animal for that matter.

[@sunandabhuttan1796]

Chickens are cute and intelligent I have male and female they are my world ❤️🌏

[@psk5849]

Are they still alive?

[@Rinetto]

@@psk5849 One passed away, the other two are alive and doing well.

[@aayushrana5812]

Same. I would rather have a pet rooster over a cat or dog. I’m a bird guy tbh

[@cherieandmia8250]

♥♥

[@generalleenknassknotretire9180]

*FACE IT. He got a little too cocky.*

[@charlesstevensEnki]

LOL good moral to the story.

[@onehothand68]

Bad pun thro

[@OlObuffalo]

heheh

[@onayday2492]

Lmao that's too good

[@avengersnewbie2348]

Shut up. Haha

[@aditinadkarni7723]

I feel traumatized after watching that. What kind of a person slaughters a bird that lived with him like family, slept in their arms. I was not prepared for that last scene. I could not bear the sounds at the end.

[@teja_0269]

Hi friends I have a chicken named JCB he died yesterday We have been crying from yesterday 😭😭😭😭😭 Everyday he come to my bed And sleeping with us He get up when we get up He eat food when we eat It's very hard to digest friends Watching his photos and videos😭😭😭😭

[@cynergy]

@@teja_0269 Yeah I feel you but stop posting this everywhere

[@redroselace9545]

This could have been, literally THE BEST mockumentary, ever made. Ever. Perfect editing and director PLEASE MAKE MORE DOCS! (Whoever made this one)

[@Nailia_Essi]

Omg the dad wants to eat his rooster after telling he is family

[@mamallama7708]

Yummy. Good idea, lol.

[@johnshakur916]

I would feel the same. Seriously. Even if i love the rooster. I wouldnt want someone else eat it. If i eat it its pure unification

[@loverodents-wi2mt]

It's annoying..so I understand plus it's a freaking rooster...

[@sammathai761]

I have it seen this with most older folks who grew up in rural villages in India. They have zero sentimentalism for such things. It’s a farm animal they’d say. Harsh. But yeah. That’s how it is for them.

[@inoculateoculist]

You should eat what you love

[@brodi81]

These people are monsters!!!! How could they leave the stickers on the television like that!?

[@manicabawse2867]

in africa we leave the plastic covering on the plasma panel until it falls of on its own..so as to show that its new

[@motherofallemails]

@Pierre P in fact it's the exact opposite, it shows you have no class to leave a nasty sticker on.

[@mienamie4448]

Yep..i agree 100% ..sad very sad..😣😣😣😣..

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

My tv is 7 or 8 years old. Still has the digital ready sticker on it and the remnants of the top sticker. Fear me BWahhhh

[@danielkelly5112]

The rooster didn't like watching TV but he loved staring at the stickers. .. better left where they were.

[@BaSsGaZ]

Never forget chicken, chicken was a good chicken. Always remember chicken.

[@solomail]

Rishi Chanda! So great. There's more art and humanity in this 12 minutes than in some zillion hour TV series or 3 hour films.

[@randomboris]

This is just a hilarious story. Great job.

[@Mad-wv6ol]

This comedy gold 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@sandymcconachy6042]

morganbesh x

[@mehreensaeedshafqat4720]

I feel bad for laughing

[@vanessaventura8938]

morganbesh 😹😹😹😹

[@manyplanets]

What about at the end when the chicken was abandoned in screamed like a murder victim

[@nickc3657]

I loved everything except for that last part, that he suffered when he was killed :(

[@sanjogh777]

Really? How many times you eat Chicken wings in a week?

[@tawreck4472]

The way it was slaughtered is the halal(islamic) way of slaughtering animals. Read up on it, it's quick and the most humane way there is. The setting was maybe a bit unsettling and unhygienic to some extent tho. I know this coz I live in India too. Show BOBS

[@Hypatia4242]

@@tawreck4472 It's generally considered the CO2 method is more humane.

[@nickc3657]

Sanjog Wayne like, zero

[@wmw8867]

@@tawreck4472 The traditional Islamic of Halal is to let the animal be conscious when a small slit is made on its throat & the animal & even bird is let to bleed to its death. Quite often the animal struggles to stand & makes pathetic sounds till the blood loss makes it weak. It takes anywhere between a couple of minutes to even over 20 minutes for the animal to die. Is this humane?? As per the RSPCA, the Farm Animal Welfare Council, British Veterinary Association halal slaughter without pre-stunning hurts animals "Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Sweden and Poland have all banned slaughter without stunning. Denmark joined them stating *“Animal rights come before religion.”*

[@imviiku]

Meat Eaters are getting offended in the comments . IRONY !!

[@v1shalyt]

Haha lol

[@nir_raw]

True... 😂

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

You mean omnivorous?

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

@@nir_raw nah... I had a pet chicken even though we would eat chicken. He was very big though but sadly passed away after a cat attacked him, the doctor did have him medecine but after some days he was dead. Funny thing is that chicken loved goat meat😂.

[@DannyrusK]

lul

[@nazeemahameed9724]

You should not have slaughtered that poor thing

[@waliyahw1]

“ I just don’t want to be pecked by a chicken” 😂😩🤦🏾‍♀️

[@swagieuno]

AliyahBee I'm so dead, he was so serious

[@tracybush1970]

And i am in love 😃 im dying!!

[@conradlobo3956]

No man likes to be "hen-pecked".

[@roku3216]

Every chicken is as alive and sentient as this chicken. If his death bothers you, think about all the other ones who don't have a movie about them.

[@MrLanzac]

Doesnt bother me just need a heads up before someone gets their neck cut is all...its common decency xD

[@pupiniastewart1957]

@L. Wyse108You do realize that most people eat chicken regularly..?

[@jackiechanlan43]

L. Wyse108 I have several questions

[@kcsarver4978]

Well put

[@brentcarrington2291]

@@hunterls6069 Yes!

[@MelinWisconsin]

The title should be “everything you shouldn’t do when raising a chicken.”

[@theRealCrazyOne]

This uncle is the most uncle uncle I've ever seen 😂

[@beansmom1341]

I had a pet chicken that I raised from birth. Yep , I helped him out of his egg. I took care of him until adulthood and then I moved him to a farm where I would go and visit him. He never forgot me. When he would see me he would leave the other chickens and coming running to me and fly on top of my shoulder. He was attacked by some stray dogs and passed away. I was heartbroken .

[@MustacheCashStash125]

R.I.P

[@me.and.my.birds_]

I am sitting here in shock

[@hoshinikiba5875]

Me too howcan he beso rude😭😭😭

[@davidshinsation]

The whole video was about dissing the rooster yet they have it as a pet. 😂

[@Atri0]

I watched this while my 2-month-old rooster Iggy was sleeping on my chest. My heart dropped at the end. No matter how annoying he gets when he's older I could never do that. I put his egg in the incubator at day zero, turned his egg (and eleven others) every day, and watched him hatch. The other eleven didn't (the incubator was so old it had such fluctuating temperatures - had to stay up most nights regulating the temperature on my own). I have a bit of his umbilical cord in a little box as well as his egg. He's honestly what's kept me sane during lockdown and I don't think I could handle anything bad happening to him. He sits with me while I'm doing my work, dust baths on fabrics (he is like a fabric expert by now, loves my duvet), growls at random things, snuggles up to me lying on his side with his legs stretched out and rests his head on my shoulder. He's an absolute goofball and never ceases to make me and my family laugh.

[@sarahxereta1]

my heart is broken

[@southwestxnorthwest]

I liked that rooster, now I miss him.

[@2_2ms9]

My dad also brought a chicken to our home since then he's been a part of our family. 1 year later he also brought a hen

[@5karmax]

This is one kind of documentary of its own. As a viewer, I couldnt understand whether the family members have affection to the rooster or were averse to it. Esp the father's reaction that "Mai toh khaaunga hi" is hilarious!! The sons are surely put off with the rooster...ha hah

[@romella_karmey]

The genre is comedy quickly turned into a horrible horror and terror 😱

[@mynicamo]

By the chickens noises he was making when he had his throat slashed you can tell he couldn't believe what just happened.

[@moyaatje8762]

If they would treat this rooster differently he would be a sweetypie.... Roosters are fiercly protective of their flock wich is this family and he is trying to keep his flock in order... Pets are not for eating but to give and recieve love

[@memesauce7703]

What flock? He's the only chicken in the house. What is he being protective of?

[@moyaatje8762]

@@memesauce7703 people can be part of the flock, so can other animals. Dogs, cats, chickens and even horses do not really differentiate between humans and one of their species when it comes to communicating. So when you learn their language you can communicate with them. Not with words but actions, sounds, movements and you can teach all these animals to trust you, listen to you and form a familial bond like a pack, herd or flock where you are in it. Your position is dictated by your actions

[@tristan6509]

@@memesauce7703 dogs for example protect their humans because they regard them as their pack/flock Animals have instincts that stays with them even though they have been domesticated

[@scottdowney4318]

That chicken had a much better lifetime than most get to experience.

[@seturockstar]

Eating anything with which your emotions are connected for such a long period is something which I don't recommend. Rooster once slept peacefully around those warm hands and then.. Sad!

[@FilK79]

Absolutelly. Those people are petty harless creatures that didn´t even deserved the atention of the chicken

[@bhagyeshur]

I think it was a joke

[@MortociFilm]

You should grow some bigger balls and realize humans and animals are both sentient beings. @Greg Dobson

[@aoutsky]

Meh. A lot of people raise cattle and chickens for meat. We are at the top of the food chain. We can do as we wish.

[@brentcarrington2291]

@@aoutsky Go into bear, cougar or elephant country unarmed. Lets see you at the top then.

[@lostboy710]

This needs to be an adult swim show lol

[@missironmouse]

Joshua Grigg yes!!!!

[@TheOnlyZiTRO]

Yes yes yes and yes!

[@armorykittington]

Yeah, I feel like I'm tripping balls... what the f^#$ am I watching?

[@j.s.2281]

It felt like it was! I still have a hard time believing this is real.

[@armorykittington]

@@j.s.2281 I'm going to rewatch the entire thing again because seriously wtf is this

[@zorberlolzer792]

One of the funniest and also the saddest films I've ever seen

[@prats9211]

There was nothing funny abt it...it was just dark

[@SekRanger]

Bis - mil - lah NO! we will not let you go "LET HIM GOOOOO"

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

Chickens are not indoor pets.

[@Mad-wv6ol]

yes right! that why there farm animals but this is very funny to watch.

[@calderondemorales2286]

Mr. Nobody agreed

[@catherineconcinabarrientos6134]

Yes. Also not a toy for cats.

[@Hyraladen]

Mr. Nobody yes they are, they can be...

[@gabiayres1582]

He didn’t buy the chicken as a pet

[@wooddragonable]

The part with the dad petting the rooster and rooster had his head on his arm was adorable. The ending not so much though it is what it is.

[@whyyousobudu]

He's just kidding, you can tell he loves the chicken, there's no way he'd ea....... Oh.

[@iamURHO]

I think I will watch this again when I'm sad 😂

[@billmitchell3329]

How you can eat something you’ve lived with for 6 months, cared for, cuddle with, is brutally cold. Watching the closing scene of the rooster dying was sad and surprising. His logic was “someone else will eat him” but with some effort, you may have been able to find a farmer who was willing to keep him as a farm rooster. Imagine swallowing the meat of your pet, terrible!

[@clearlyanartistanimations6915]

I can relate.

[@Louie8888]

I've actually done this with my rooster. I raised him for almost a year and then had someone painlessly slit his neck open and after some more preparing I ate him. He did taste good though. The other chickens (females) were left to lay eggs for us to have omelettes for us almost every morning

[@clearlyanartistanimations6915]

@@Louie8888 I suppose some people just have less attachment to animals.

[@krustynigglet3830]

Yum

[@user-wx4st8fc2b]

Heartless. I have 4 roosters. Love them all, even the mean one. I eat chicken but would never eat my pets.

[@Pinoywit]

My family had a pet chicken and it was our choice to get one. We lived in a house with a garden so he had more space. We loved him to distraction but the neighbors took him and ate him. We mourned like a family member had died. I couldn't eat chicken for ten years after that.

[@4422shini]

Your neighbours ate your pet chicken?! I would be beyond livid if that happened to a pet of mine.

[@roxyshow123]

I'd show them. I would eat their dog!

[@NanetteNette]

Wow. I don't blame you. BTW I like your thumbnail

[@danielkelly5112]

Your neighbours had it good. .. A lovely freshly killed and prepared chicken AND got an extra few hours in bed the next morning. .. .cock-a-doodle-doooooo

[@yalondawhite8389]

And after the 10 years had past you guys had chicken once again?

[@laracroftvideos]

This is absolutely disgusting. I don't think I could ever live with myself after giving away a chicken I raised up for slaughter. Chickens are so smart and capable of love and bonding with a human just like cats and dogs. This is sad on so many levels..... when will people learn compassion and love for other sentient beings? Would the father like it if his own family let a stranger slaughter him? I don't think so.

[@manass8751]

💯

[@PhysicsViolator]

This guy is a psychopath in its purest form , he said “he’s our family member while petting him and after a few seconds he kills the poor thing I’m utterly disgusted.

[@raing8942]

This indian chaos rooster doc was just hilarious... until the end. Nooo. Nytimes needs to do an entire series about everyday life hilarity.

[@men9urbruh501]

you can clearly see that even though he terrorized the whole family, they still have grown affectionate of him. They don't want to see him around their home yet they don't want him neither dead nor eaten. Also, the poor kitties are just hilarious lol

[@akhihitochakma1285]

Lol

[@shh8217]

This is the kind of thing my grandpa would do

[@brentcarrington2291]

Guess gramps didn't go to the supermarket much.

[@kimiayana1]

I hope he leave soon if he is still around!🤢

[@evatoth8693]

12:25 Uncle is deranged, feel sorry for the cats too, living in that flat, they look depressed.

[@excuseme1911]

He needs help

[@Slade69]

Adam's family for sure

[@sohamtare9809]

I like the way he said: toh kyu na me hi khau, dusro ko kilane ke badle me hi khau😂😂😂😂

[@tueudeeuiexdtu7317]

This family needs their own show, I love them

[@zennoix9984]

Agreed. Their channel would gain subscribers just as fast as T-series if they do that.

[@Ekaekto]

I want hours long footage of the dad chasing the rooster.

[@dlilwon]

I agree 😂😂😂

[@wrahvin]

Every new episode they get a new pet ,and they love it charish it, then at the end of the episode they slit its throught in the bathtub and they all gleefully watch as its life slowly drains away, must watch ,10/10

[@zennoix9984]

@@wrahvin that's so animal abuse.

[@claras.9819]

The sounds he made when dying were horrifying and I have to say, as a mother of five hens, broke my heart!

[@divyasrirajyala6517]

Man, the chicken being a terror was funny

[@shivammajhi7979]

My chicks grew up and lived for 3.5 years. I had a good experience with them and never thought of killing them and eat (more than a pet they were more like my siblings) . They lived their life to the fullest and died peacefully. I miss them but that's life, kabhi na kabhi to duniya chor ke jana hi hai 🙂

[@priyaroy6914]

Ohh so sad toh phir jab unki death hui to apni unko miti mein daya kya ?

[@BellaWorldAni]

This was the funniest thing I've seen in ages, til the last few seconds. Thanks for the letdown. Sheesh.

[@GrassPossum]

Everything about this rooster is perfectly normal. Roosters especially but , chickens in general are dominant and scrappy. They have their own pecking order and everything else is expected to find its place in their as well. They also will eat anything, cannibalism is nothing to them. Cooked chicken is just meat to them but they will eat their own dead sometimes as well.

[@Ponen77]

yes they will eat anything ...found that out myself when I got some dogfood made of chicken bits for my pets...the cats and dogs didnt like it as much as the chickens, not meant for them but they went nuts over the dogfood.

[@emekaosisi1288]

GrassPossum hehehehe Pecking order

[@anjanaraiofficial7172]

I also have a pet chicken and he is one year old...but I never ever think to eat him

[@dobryzumrok7773]

The dialogs are hilarious.