Scotty Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I've just spent 45 mins chasing a chicken round the backgarden as she had found a slow worm... she was determined to eat it in fact once I finally caught her I pulled it from her mouth.... HORRID experience probably for both of us! Has anybody heard of a hen eatting a slow worm and would she have been alright should she have managed to complete her meal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Another thread on this subject **here** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 We saw our chooks eat one last year - no ill effects noted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPoule Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 We saw our chooks eat one last year - no ill effects noted ...not for the chook maybe - can't imagine the slow worm felt very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Our hens found a nest of slow worms, they loved them... poor things. I also tried to release the worm from the hens jaws.... after chasing frantically round the garden, with the children screaming!!! but once the tail fell off its was good night wormy... Got to say the hens didn't suffer one bit. it wasn't such a good ending for the slow worm. Scotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 You have to watch hens with slow worms because they are an endangered species. Naughty hens tut tut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burtie14 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Oh no! I used to keep slow worms as a young lad - I think he was called Sid (until 'he' gave birth to hundreds of little slowies!) He kept escaping from the aquarium I kept him in - a real houdini. Very cute with their little blinking eyes - had no idea they were endangered now. Try to protect them from the naughty old chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 It's a shame they're endangered but it's because people keep destroying their homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
