Pheasant Product

In 2009 I posted an entry about the pheasant pen shown in the photo. One of the birds’ major activities while they are held in captivity should be obvious. During their two weeks in the pen before release as upland game birds, clearly they do their best to fertilize every square inch of its floor. I’m glad my lawn doesn’t grow like that.

I wasn’t sure what to title this post. Although I favor clarity, I didn’t want to use the expletive sh-t in the title. Manure works when it follows steer, horse, cow, and even chicken, but doesn’t sound right when pheasant is the modifier. Other possibilities for the second word are excrement, dung, compost, and fertilizer. Fertilizer seems like the best choice even if it implies a product that might be commercially available. Maybe it should be.