Today the lady behind me in line at the grocery store checkout politely tapped my shoulder and when I turned around she motioned toward my giant bundles of kale and asked: “what do you do with your kale? Do you cook with it, or make juice, or…?” And i admitted there in front of god and the world “oh I feed it to my peacocks.” And she just looked so taken aback that I said “I’m sorry that’s not the answer you were hoping for”
And that’s how I learned other people don’t really know what to do with kale either. We’re all pretty sure it’s edible, though.
People are sending me kale recipes like they honestly believe I will try to eat bird food
I’m sorry I’m hung up on the part where op owns peacocks
Purple ones:
And peahens. This one sleeps on a fluffy rainbow unicorn stuffed animal:
Her name is Artemis and she’s allergic to food.
This is Stan. His color morph is called Cameo so I named him Stan Lee:
He’s Artemis’ boyfriend.
They both love kale. I suppose someone’s got to.
OP Tell them I love them!
Are they good guard birds?
That depends on your definition of ‘guard.’
They won’t defend other birds from predators like raccoons or weasels or coyotes or anything. They’re just as likely to get eaten in those cases.
However, they will harass snakes and other small, novel animals like mice, rabbits, wild birds, etc if they can get away with it. They will also yell at anything they disapprove of including but not limited to:
Your car
Neighbors
that one leaf that moved in the wind
the wind
deer in the woods
a hawk overhead
an airplane that might be a hawk overhead
each other
a noise they heard
a noise they thought they heard
sparrows
seriously, fuck sparrows specifically, they are DISALLOWED, completely intolerable, must chase off, shake train, and/or yell about it
that one kiwi fruit that was up to no good
the feather that fell off their own body and scared them
thunder (how dare the sky yell at them)
the sun arriving
the sun departing
sometimes predators I guess
if it weren’t for the kale thing, i’d deeply identify with these peacocks.
