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[farla]

I've been having trouble keeping the chickens in the blueberry bush area, and it seems the issue was the location of the lizard. I had him hanging out on the far edge (sunniest). The chickens then spurned that entire half of the patch and kept leaving entirely to make their way back to other sections of the yard. When I happened to move the lizard to be nearer to the other side, they moved over to the side they'd been avoiding completely and have made no more efforts to escape the area. It's like the lizard produces a do-not-cross bubble.

The only thing that isn't perfect about the lizard method is you have to watch the lizard himself so he doesn't run off.

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[ember-reignited.livejournal.com]

That's adorbs yo.

[negrek.livejournal.com]

How can they scorn the lizard? Don't they realize they're cousins?

[ember-reignited.livejournal.com]

Well, now, they're even closer cousins to, say, great horned owls, who I'm sure they'd be even more eager to avoid.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Let's also remember both of them would be happy to eat their actual cousins. Chickens why you so cannibal.

[farla.livejournal.com]

Birds are nearly as freaked out by him as he is by them. I think their main predator is a flying bird or birds, while all the birds here are just like HOW DID A CAT AND A SNAKE HAVE A BABY WHAT IS THAT WHY IS THAT WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO ANGER YOU GOD????????? There was even a mockingbird who tried to do the whole broken wing trick on Spike, because obviously he wants to eat her and everyone she loves.