i wish i could have a rational negotiation with local animals about not trying to eat our chickens so i could let them live.
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this is why the NAP only claims to apply to rational creatures capable of reason and argument :(
Lol. I feel this.
Meh. If they want to be chicken food, so be it.
Even if you could they would still do the thing because they're animals.
*sigh* I wish I could do the same with politicians . . .
I hear donkeys will have those negotiations for you π
Same for eating my cherries and apples
If you think there ready that evening. Pick them now, not until the morning. They are watching too. They'll be gone.
nature is a MF'r
Perhaps they donβt have another choice due to habitat loss and human encroachment
Ah yes, diplomacy
You can. I never shoot them on the first go of "attacks". I find if you can wack them with board or scare them with a few arrows or something. Just run them down. They stay away and I believe they tell others as well not to come by. Now, you will always get trouble makers abd they need to be removed because they just don't learn.
This reminds me of a neighbour, who didn't like seagulls shitting on his roof. We lived right on the beach.
From a monster owl placard tied to the roof, to a hooter that blasted every time a seagull landed and tripped the wire, to bait feeding to kill them.
Alas - the seagulls loved the game - they simply moved to the clothesline or targeted the vehicles parked outside his home. The owl became slingshot practice for the local kids and someone sabotaged the hooter.
My roof, clothesline and vehicle remained safe, because I was stealing the bait food and feeding the seagulls further down the beach.
A wonderful example of animals and human's coming together to right a wrong.
As for the neighbor - he nearly shot his wife, trying to shoot the seagull while she was sitting in her car. So wife's ultimatum - the birds stay, the husband leaves.
Suffice to say village life was never the same and this will be talked about long after I kick the bucket.
Houses have long memories and carry history.