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Wild Ones (mander.xyz)
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[–] 31 points 6 months ago (12 children)

I will 100% toss the green ones to the neighbour's chickens. They fuck up my cabbages leaving just the veins and little poop dots then fly away as detestable white moths to fuck up everyone else's shit. Sometimes I borrow a couple chickens and just let them go find all the yummy buggies themselves. They are so silly and make a fun show out of decimating my enemies.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Diocletian, is that you? The Empire needs you!

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    I understood this reference. Thanks @pugjesus@lemmy.world!

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Don't the borrowed chickens eat your plants as well? Along with everything in their path, and even you, if they were big enough?

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago*

    If mine are any indication, they’ll go hunting for bugs before they start scratching at stuff or eating plants. Even when I give mine pulled weeds the first thing they do is look for bugs on them. Those are the real prize.

    They have an amazing eye for slight movement, and are quite good little hunters (they really like catching mice as well). If you don't give them time to destroy everything, and keep your eyes on them.

    As a bonus they poop while they eradicate, and they do some mild scratching of the surface which is good for the soil.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    I don't leave them unattended. I let them do whatever they want with anything already destroyed, and they seem to have fun if I chase them around to distract them from other stuff seeing as they come to poke me then run away when I stop following them.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah fuck native fauna! Gotta protect our imported flora and don’t even think of using a greenhouse to keep the insects out.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I've been told they are an invasive species but I'm no bug researcher.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I think you can find out what a bug researcher is called if you ask an etymologist

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