East of Broken Bow | 150 farmer - 3/17/2024 17:34
Was at a wedding yesterday, and got me thinking; For years they quit throwing rice at weddings, supposedly because birds would eat the rice on the ground, it would swell inside them, and thus kill the birds. If this is true, what happens to birds that live around rice farms? Do the birds there not eat the rice, and therefore implode? Just something to think . Any answers?
We heard that too.
Had a couple buildings full of sparrows, pigeons, and starlings back when we raised hogs. Had a bag of rice that had gotten damp or something and part of the bag went bad so we thought we'd put the rest in feeders for the birds hoping it would thin them down.
Long story short, they ate the rice we put in trays, and all it seemed to do was make them poop on stuff more than before. Not only did it not thin them out, it seems like they invited friends to the buffet.
ETA: I guess it could kill 'some' birds, but not the ones we wanted it to.
Edited by HuskerJ 3/18/2024 22:33
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Rice and birds
