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[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved having chickens, but sometimes you can tell they're little dinosaurs. One time I was doing something near the chicken run, and all six of them suddenly went quiet and dead still. Then a wasp flew through the run and one of the hens jumped about 2-3 feet off the ground and knocked it right out of the air. Another hen ran over to where it landed and ate it. It was all over in about 15-20 seconds, the birds went back to acting normal and I'm just standing there going, "Damn!".

[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my hens came up to me as I stepped outside, but instead of following me around, she leaped at something to my left. She shredded apart a 4-inch long mantis!

[–] psud@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And then they give the best eggs. The best eggs are made of mice and bugs

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You gotta be careful though because sometimes they get a craving for the high taurine diet and start eating their own eggs. Incredibly hard problem to fix once it starts.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk seems like some breading and frying or baking and stuffing would solve the problem lol.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Well yes but then your egg production from the chicken(s) goes down to zero.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If any bird still acts like it thinks it’s a dinosaur, it’s those goddamn Canadian Geese.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When i was a kid, there was this lady who lived on my way to school. Dhe had a nice, fenced garden and two huge dogs and like 10 geese. I was never scared of the dogs, vut the geese were vicious. Sometimes they were on the lose and my way home turned into a survival horror game. They never stopped chasing. Dometimes i took some bread with me to throw and run away. One day they were chasing me i ran like a motherfucker around a corner and threw my last breaf. there was this young family with two little kids, and i was so relieved, because that was an easy way to lose them and at the same time i hoped that they were good runners. I honestly don't even know what would've happend if they ever caught me and i'm glad i never found out. I really miss these fuckers.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Breaf -- it's what's for dinner

[–] psud@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Keyboards. Near enough is good enough, right?

[–] Maco1969@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Geese, ducks and chickens had all already evolved when the dinosaurs went extinct. They are all tough hombre.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you not been reading this thread? Dinosaurs never went extinct. A sparrow is descended from the great raptors

[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

If they know that the gallinoansera clade had already emerged before the K-T extinction, they most likely also know about birds being dinosaurs. Specifying "non-avian" everytime is a pain and saying "K-T extinction" is not understood by all, no need to correct them for semantics when their wording gets the point across.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Swans too. Mean fuckers, they are.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you've ever seen what roosters do to hawks, chickens do do mice or, heck, other weak chickens, then you'd know that they do remember.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was gonna make that comment, you've got it right my guy.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They really went out on that chicken butt.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

~~Chicken~~ butts are great, they make me smile.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not all birds have forgotten, this one can gut a human in half a second.

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/cassowary.htm

[–] psud@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

And this one will steal your lunch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the article says there are no records for that claim.

No witnesses.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Cassowaries have a claw on their middle toe that is up to 12cm long.

Im just going to assume it’s possible even if its unlikely.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wait, floridians are afraid of wild cats?

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Alive is what I am motherfucker.

[–] not_again@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rhode Island Red or a hybrid thereof (e.g. Golden Comet).

Great egg layers (the hens of course, not the roo pictured) and very mild mannered.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

This user chickens

[–] don@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Chicken: I crossed a road

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

"You have forgotten who you are, so you have forgotten me."

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Remember who you will be

...chicken mcnuggets

[–] peyotecosmico@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

That chicken didn't skip leg day

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] simin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago