We have about 100 fruit bearing persimmon trees scattered around. My kids and I went out just before dark and collected a about a gallon of ripe fruit. We had serious competition from dogs that eat the fruit without chewing. We brought the fruit back and dispenced them out so each bird got at least four. They readily consume the fruit even when crops are topped off with forage and flock raiser. They know how to really pack things in. As we came back from picking up the last fruit we could see, the chickens started to cackle like they could see an owl and dogs ran back to pens. I could see owl on roost it typcially uses. Chickens not already on roost moved to more protect locations under things. Dogs began checking for those dislocated birds as we policed them up and put them into their approapriate pens. Some of the birds wnet into pens that were not their own causing production of aggression and fear within each of those pens. Dogs parked below each of those pens holding point as we approached. We fixed that issue before kids tried to run off owl which moved off as kids got close. Some of the chickens bailed a good 6 feet from a roost site without even opening their wings and then they tried to hide under things. Kids are reason we are doing the extra steps so they can see how everybody reacts. Not many kids get to chase owls on such a regular basis. Not many owls have to watch such obnoxious kids come running and screaming.
At least two dogs are be going potty real soon. I can hear their tummies rumbling. Those fruit most have a laxative in them that works real fast.
At least two dogs are be going potty real soon. I can hear their tummies rumbling. Those fruit most have a laxative in them that works real fast.
