We got the entire garden planted yesterday only to find that my rotten chickens had helped themselves to most of the seeds we planted.
I’m seriously reconsidering my recent ideas on becoming vegetarian. 
Doc
Om Ni Vor - the last word in self-defence.
djm
nah -
chicken and dumplings!!!
Hmmm, that’s an idea. I mean that would be a fairly vegetarian meal what with them being so stuffed with all my corn and bean seeds.
Doc
I spread 3 pounds of Scott’s bluegrass seed over areas of my yard that needed new grass. However, the white-crowned sparrows have been going crazy trying to eat every last one of the seeds before it has a chance to sprout. I’m glad to say that they were not totally successful.
sounds like you need some chiken wire 'til everything is up, then they’ll eat the bugs and fertilize 
Vegetarian-- old Indian word for “bad hunter” 
I understand that people on chicken farms eat a lot of poultry.
Not out of necessity… but out of revenge 
So, in another life my husband and I did landscaping in Dallas and one of our clients imported (ack!) Canadian geese to swim in the creek at the back of his estate. It was my job to fish the babies out of the creek and put them in a pen them so turtles wouldn’t eat them and also to wash the goose poop from his brick and stone terraces twice a week. Needless to say, the geese weren’t crazy about my interference in their lives and I seldom ventured into the yard without a leaf blower.
Now the back of the estate was visible to all from the park across the creek so our client was always concerned about it’s appearance. One day he got it in his head that ferns would look nice under all of his live oak trees and in due time, I planted 100 of the suckers in that heavy clay soil. He was right- they did look nice. Unfortunately, the geese thought so too and had a very expensive salad for dinner (couldn’t they have eaten the bamboo?). The owner’s sister-in-law had admired the ferns in place and vouched for the fact that I really planted them so the owner footed the cost of planting new ones. It was suggested that wild cat urine sprinkled around the ferns might act as a deterrent but 1) I wasn’t up to collecting any and 2) birds have a poor sense of smell so I would be the only one enjoying the luscious odor. We tried tobasco and cayenne (and didn’t I feel like a chump for doing that) but finally the owner gave up and took his geese out to his ranch. Nasty malevolent creatures- if I have to come back as something evil, I hope it will be a goose.
Some of the distilleries in Scotland keep flocks of geese as watch-animals - more ferocious than dogs, apparently.
I think you meant “Canada geese”, as all geese in Canada are “Canadian” geese. They used to be nice to watch flying over in their large Vs in spring and fall, but people have been feeding them for years, and they have become quite acclimatized to humans, so that they never leave unless it’s a particularly hard winter. They leave piles of foul, slimey green crap everywhere, the size of a german shephard’s do. Best viewed from a distance.
djm
I use to teach ornithology to Hostile Elders from all over the globe. The number one topic in every Q&A session was “How to get rid of resident Canada Geese”
Yes, Canada goose is probably the more proper term for branta candensis. They still do migrate from Michigan. We seem to have permanent swan residents, though. They don’t like it when I paddle their ponds in the winter.
Yeah, when that family’s dog would see me out with the leafblower, he’d beg to be let out so he could tag along without fear of running into Goosezilla…
Sorry to hear it. Yep, chicken with vegetable (seeds) might sound pretty good.
I’ve had birds just wait for me to try and re-seed my lawn…you could see the ravenous greedy looks in their eyes I tell you.
KAC
Oh boy, a bird thread.
Can I utter my obligatory quote from “The Birds”?
“Get away from her, you bitch!”
Oops! Wrong movie! 
djm
Chickens are vegetables. At least, Oklahoma once passed a law specifically defining them as not being animals.
You know, being a Okie, I actually believe that!
KAC