Thank you for the thoughtful comment!
My grandad always told stories about his youth and how he rounded them up and sold them for pocket money. They are wild animals here, I have never seen anyone sell the meat. I am too sorry to offer one up to taste! They are like family haha.
And for them tick and Lyme disease claim, apparently it is true! I know a lot of people in the states import some of them or find similar birds for this reason. We do not have a problem as they roam the streets in their hundreds here on a daily basis.
I am not familiar with Arthurian horses, but I can almost see the image 😅