' The babies they are carrying ' - there's always one, good one !
I wonder if the first poster would care to stand in front of a ' chicken gun ', fired by compressed air into canopies and engines, world-wide general test kit.
There are a few urban myths about these things, including a story where the Kingston operatives loaded a chicken for a canopy test, then retired for lunch.
When they returned and fired it, they were surprised at the amount of damage.
It turned out an extremely unfortunate - and surprised - cat had discovered the chicken in the meantime.
Nonetheless, a simple bird strike is serious business, I know of a HS125 which had both engines taken out ( with tragic consequences for people on the ground ) and several fast jet accidents I've heard of, including one Jaguar / Harrier which resulted in the pilot having the canopy shattered & MDC around his neck !