Comment on Choose chicken.

• Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I had a fair sized yard flock for a number of years. I have seen chickens kill and consume snakes, mice, voles, all manner of insect of course, lizards, other birds foolish enough to try to get to the chicken feed, and once one of their own chicks that just wouldn’t shut up. They definitely eat meat.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yeah, i saw a flock of chickens descend on a fullgrown chicken who just happened to be having a bad week. they’re evil creatures.

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pretty much every herbivore will eat meat every now and then.

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  • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When I go out to plant/weed I’ll open the coop door and yell “worm time” and my gals follow at my heels to get whatever treats I turn up. This is my first year with them and I can already tell the insect damage to my garden is greatly reduced. Thinking about adding guinea fowl and maybe some peafowl next year.

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• toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Indeed! I remember a story of a wounded pidgeon falling into a chicken coop... Not much remained of said pidgeon, apparently.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    TIL while checking my own dumb joke. I guess I just thought they ate seeds, corn, etc.

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    • basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

      Have you ever seen images like this?

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    • KombatWombat@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Many animals we consider herbivores are opportunistic omnivores.

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      • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        One video of a horse eating baby chickens was enough for me.

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    • Watermark710@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      My chickens eat more mice than my cats.

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    • LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Cows eat grass and corn tho. Therefore cows are made of plants, therefore cows are vegetables. Checkmate carnivores.

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    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Chickens love eating bugs

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    • rapchee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      haven’t you seen the hen dino out on a mouse? actually there are multiple videos of them killing mice and rats

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    • toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Joking aside—is there a better way I could've written down chicken meat being considered a vegetarian option, you think?

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Nope, my need to make dumb dad jokes is just insatiable. Sorry!

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