A serial thug high on crack cocaine tried choking a chicken before stamping four teeth out of a sleeping boy's mouth.
Former carpet fitter and taxi driver Qamran Ali, 41, of Worcester launched a "frenzied" attack on August 27 last year which included splitting a woman's lip and hitting another child trying to stop him hurt the screaming boy.
Judge Nicholas Cole described the sickening rampage at Worcester Crown Court as the most serious case of assault occasioning actual bodily harm he had ever had to sentence, Worcester News reports.
He told the court Ali "stated he needed help desperately and was a risk to himself and the public, fearing he might kill someone".
Olivia-May Appleby, prosecuting, said: "He rained kicks and punches down upon this innocent little boy. That child describes the defendant as stomping on his face.
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"It's clear the defendant was in a complete frenzy. It's unclear why the defendant behaved in such an appalling manner.
"He's volatile and vicious and doesn't have an ounce of consideration for his vulnerable victims."
Ali admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm against the boy and two counts of assault by beating against a woman and a second child following the violent incident on August 27 last year.
He already had convictions to his name including kidnap, firearms offences and breaking an ex-partner's jaw in two places.
Judge Cole described how the brute's first bizarre outburst of violence on the day was on a chicken, which he tried to kill by "wringing its neck".
But acting on a cocktail of drugs was no excuse, the court heard.
The judge added: "You accept you had taken a significant amount of crack cocaine the day before and had also been smoking cannabis. None of that excuses what happened.
"It's quite clear this was a frenzied attack on an 11-year-old boy who was utterly defenceless and had been sleeping."
Judge Cole issued a restraining order in relation to all three victims, preventing any direct or indirect contact including via social media.
Ali was jailed for three years, half of which he can expect to serve in custody and half on licence. Time he has already spent on remand will count towards his sentence.
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