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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Enjoy the American birds, such as the wild turkey, that are most closely related to the Red Jungle Fowl that the domestic Chicken originated from 10,000 years ago in China. Does the native American relative of the chicken consume Japanese Stilt grass? Marc</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MAIPC <maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Hartshorne<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 17, 2021 8:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sarah Morse <morsekathan@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> MAIPC Listserve (maipc@lists.maipc.org) <maipc@lists.maipc.org>; maipc-request@lists.maipc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] J stiltgrass seeds passing thru goats guts?? (Marc Imlay)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chickens are supposed to grind up seeds, so presumably that would be seed bank or brought in.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 12:12 AM Sarah Morse <<a href="mailto:morsekathan@gmail.com">morsekathan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I can't comment on goats, but my chickens eat the stiltgrass in my backyard - scratch it up until the ground is bare and it comes right back the next year. However, they are super great at controlling English ivy. It is gone from my backyard. I think a flock of chickens could be very effective for English Ivy if you could figure out a way to keep them safe from predators!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sarah Morse<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Little Falls Watershed Alliance<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sarah Morse<br><br><i>Support your local watershed group. Visit Little Falls Watershed Alliance online - <a href="http://www.LFWA.org" target="_blank">www.LFWA.org</a></i><br><i>Find us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Falls-Watershed-Alliance/157671030936633" target="_blank">Facebook!</a></i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>MAIPC mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MAIPC@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">MAIPC@lists.maipc.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org" target="_blank">http://lists.maipc.org/listinfo.cgi/maipc-maipc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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