I was not aware that starlings would kill a chicken. Thanks so much for the heads up. Will do some target practice if I see such tendencies in my neighborhood.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
I need an interpreter. I see the pop cans and the tarp and it looks like some netting.
Also, I'm pretty sure my chickens don't have salmonella, because *cough* my dog eats their poop all the time, and doesn't show any ill effects. Dogs get salmonella just like people, so she's my volunteer "canary in a coal mine."
Nor I! I do think they are extremely intelligent despite their demonic screeching. I've spent many happy hours as a kid (as did my son), plinking at them with .22 shorts and when they were en mass, letting go with semi-auto Mossburg 12G.I was not aware that starlings would kill a chicken. Thanks so much for the heads up. Will do some target practice if I see such tendencies in my neighborhood.
Quote:
Me neither.
I do remember, as a child, my grandparents calling them "Dirsty Birds" and being extremely upset when they were around the yard. They were immigrants from Scotland and I believe they told me that the starlings were birds that were native to England and that some "not so smart" person had brought some to the US where they seemed to proliferate.
When I asked them why they didn't like them I remember 2 reasons.
They're "DIRSTY BIRDS" in that Scott brougue. Said they made a dirsty mess everywhere.
Also said they chased away the more desirable birds form the area.
Well we have that in common...sorta'. My Grand Pa was Scots-Irish ( a distinction many Scotsmen will never forget).Me neither.
I do remember, as a child, my grandparents calling them "Dirsty Birds" and being extremely upset when they were around the yard. They were immigrants from Scotland and I believe they told me that the starlings were birds that were native to England and that some "not so smart" person had brought some to the US where they seemed to proliferate.
When I asked them why they didn't like them I remember 2 reasons.
They're "DIRSTY BIRDS" in that Scott brough. Said they made a dirsty mess everywhere.
Also said they chased away the more desirable birds form the area.
Quote:
Whoa. From what I understand in that era that would have been a somewhat controversial combinationOr am I mistaken about that? (Sometimes I mix these things up.![]()
LM He looks great!! Looks like he might lose a point or two.
I have to say I love his stink eye pics lol