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: āwhat do you do with your kale? Do you cook with it, or make juice, orā¦?ā And i admitted there in front of god and the world āoh I feed it to my peacocks.ā And she just looked so taken aback that I said āIām sorry thatās not the answer you were hoping forā
And thatās how I learned other people donāt really know what to do with kale either. Weāre all pretty sure itās edible, though.
People are sending me kale recipes like they honestly believe I will try to eat bird food
Iām sorry Iām 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 sheās allergic to food.
This is Stan. His color morph is called Cameo so I named him Stan Lee:
Heās Artemisā boyfriend.
They both love kale. I suppose someoneās got to.
OP Tell them I love them!
Are they good guard birds?
That depends on your definition of āguard.ā
They wonāt defend other birds from predators like raccoons or weasels or coyotes or anything. Theyāre just as likely to get eaten in those cases.
However, theyĀ willĀ 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 thoughtĀ 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 werenāt for the kale thing, iād deeply identify with these peacocks.Ā
