I dream of having chickens and goats. Sometimes there's an adventurous chicken from another area who gets into the village. I'll probably let it sneak into our space when I chance upon it next time. It makes me want to have chickens now. They would really help police and guard the plants.
Ooh, I didn't know quails like them too. What was it like when the locusts are uncontrolled? Is it true that they could ravage an entire plant overnight?
I didn't see what sort of damage they did to food crops, because I wasn't growing any at the time. So I don't really know how bad it gets for plants. Most of the ones we caught were juveniles too, so maybe they'd moved onto farms once they were bigger and could fly properly.