To pile on, the average weight of male Canadian Geese is > 8 pounds, which is higher than the largest 'large bird' that needs to be tested, and they travel in flocks. I think they worked out that each engine probably ingested two birds. At the time those engines were certified, the largest bird tested was 4 lbs and they only volleyed them into the outer area of the engine, not the core where the accident engines hit.[1]

Now they have to send them into the 'most critical area' of the engine, but depending on engine size the largest bird tested could still be 4 or 6 lbs.

[1] https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/accidentreports/reports/...

By "tested", do you mean someone out there has the somewhat insane job of throwing actual birds into fully-powered jet engines?

And I guess cleaning up afterward also?

I assume there's some kind of remote operated launcher, getting near a running jet engine is a terrible idea, but overall yes.

They use a chicken gun, but yes… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun

One of the timeless mythbuster bits too.