Lesley-Jean Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 (edited) I've just watched Gerty eat a Frog It was a freshly killed frog which she must have caught and killed. I decided as it was obviously very dead (it had holes in it) I would just leave her to get on with it. It was like watching a python eat an antelope She ate it head first and whole, the process too quite some time and she had to keep running away from Hattie who wanted to "share" or more likely "steal". The last bit to disappear was the poor froggies tippy toes Has any one else had any experiences with your chooks Edited August 18, 2006 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley-Jean Posted August 17, 2006 Author Share Posted August 17, 2006 OH..... I've just had another thought Tomorrow's Egg I think I'll give that one to OH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I think we had a posting about this about a year ago. Bantams don't seem to go in for slaughter as much as big chooks, they don't care for slugs and snails, or worms and don't seem to have bothered our resident toad either. I wish they would eat the slugs though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 LJ that's gruesome! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 There has been a post about a frog and a baby blackbird before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clare* Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 It was me with the baby blackbird They ate it like they had not eaten for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 OH..... I've just had another thought Tomorrow's Egg I think I'll give that one to OH I can't stop crying for laughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 OH..... I've just had another thought Tomorrow's Egg I think I'll give that one to OH I can't stop crying for laughing Me to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleHen Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Ii've seen my two eat a frog - but they kept managing to steal it from one another - so it didn't go down whole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 OOOOOOoooooooo, nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley-Jean Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Ahhh..... She had another one today. She swallowed it whole head first again and every time she swallowed it a bit more her feathers on her neck raised up like a dinosaur ( those scary ones with the neck frill ) I'm so glad she is only about 12" high and not 6 ft I wouldn't be a case of biting the hand that feeds you.... It would be swallowing your owner whole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Kim ate a frog today She used the same MO that L-J described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I saw a photo recently of a python which had swallowed an entire sheep! Sounds a bit like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Oh I feel ever so queasy! Good job I don't eat breakfast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 My banties cannot even manage slugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janepie33 Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Tilly ate a frog a few weeks ago. My daughter was horrified, because it was one of the little ones she had raised from an egg! (a frog egg, that is). Tilly spent a great deal of time ensuring the frog was dead, by picking it up and beating it on the ground. She is a little Bluebelle and quite fierce. I think she would also eat a sparrow if she managed to catch one! Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
