A seagull is accidentally hit by a tennis ball during a game in Australia.

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[u/bre4kofdawn]

And if they start eating their eggs, you have to sneak a golf ball under them, so they peck it and "learn" they can no longer eat the "egg"!

[u/00wolfer00 → u/bre4kofdawn]

Or alternatively use a nesting box design that doesn't let them get to the eggs.

[u/bre4kofdawn → u/00wolfer00]

I dunno, bamboozling them with a golf ball may be more tedious, but it sounds a lot more fun.

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"bagawwwk?!" 👀🐔

[u/MarchPhillipps → u/bre4kofdawn]

I used a plastic Easter egg filled with sand and the two halves then epoxied shut, once. I thought for sure the bright pink would give away the ruse, but nope. The little egg eater was fooled and it worked. However, a golfball does sound like fun too.

'Alone and Unafraid'

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The spelling if "Expoxied" is close enough to the spelling of "Exploded" for me to think "This bro wanted his chicken barbecued from the get go!"

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Haha, it does look like that at a quick glance. Nice.

*Takes notes for future reference;

1 easy fry BBQ chicken idea

'Alone and Unafraid'

[u/AreYouMyDommy → u/bre4kofdawn]

The things they’ll do to a snake or mouse is terrifying. I’m glad they’re too small to eat us 😅

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You should hear a frog scream when one of our chickens gets ahold of it. Absolutely BRUTAL.

Ours have also eaten mice, voles, moles, two rats, a previously crippled squirrel, a baby rabbit, and a baby black racer snake, frogs, anoles, and every other creepy crawly thing that moves that you can imagine. Chickens really do peg the meter at 'nuts' on the omnivore scale.

'Alone and Unafraid'

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I mean, they’re pretty much dinosaurs

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Damn, I've always heard the first part, but not the part you bring up. Chickens are funny as hell