On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:56:08 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
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>On Friday, February 21, 2014 7:57:45 PM UTC-6, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:18:24 +0200, ChattyCathy
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>> >On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:02:39 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
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>> >> On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:25:43 +0200, ChattyCathy
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>> >>>On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:50:37 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
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>> >>>> Chickens will eat just about anything that is not faster than their
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>> >>>> peckers.
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>> >>>Quite so; chickens are omnivores after all. However, our lot draw the
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>> >>>line at carrots....
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>> >> I've seen rooster die from a piece of carrot lodged in its throat.
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>> >Ours just don't eat carrots - not even cooked.
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>> >FWIW, we've had exactly one rooster - but he eventually became so
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>> >aggressive towards us whenever we got close to his 'harem' (to the point
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>> >of drawing blood) that he ended up in the pot.
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>> I had one rooster like that. Every few weeks he would fly at me, the
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>> last time he caught me by surprise and got me twice with his spurs in
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>> my ankle... his new career as chicken stock was much more pleasant
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>> (and tastier).
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>Males have their usefulness, but it's a shame that in most animal species,
>they are 50% of births. Mother Nature is obviously a heterosexual female.

Well, indeed.