In article >,
pure kona > wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:55:51 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> >In article
> >,
> > ImStillMags > wrote:
> >
> >> If you have chickens you can let them into the garden and they will
> >> eat all the bugs and cabbage worms for you.
> >
> >Yeah, and they will also scratch/dig up and eat ALL of your garden
> >plants! Would that it were that easy. Chickens and gardens are NOT
> >compatible!
> Oh my, I totally agree. We have flocks of wild chickens and they love
> to scratch near any plant. Pretty soon, plant looks the worse for
> wear. We've used some of those ugly orange hurricane fences to
> separate the wild fowl from our garden.
>
> Only problem with the wild chickens now- is that are so beautiful and
> we are suckers for them. Mrs. Cluck (drats) waits at the back door
> (!) for the bird feeder -high in the tree- to be filled and then she
> and her 4 "kids"sit patiently below, waiting for the wild birds to
> flick them out. We once had over 50 wild chickens, got a Border
> Collie who chased them all away and omigod, we have now managed to
> teach the Border Collie to respect Mrs. Cluck and "kids" and we are
> nuts again. Sadly.
>
> aloha,
> Cea

Wild game birds are survivors, and yes, they are beautiful, and
personable. ;-) I miss my chickens. My favorites were my cochin
bantams.
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