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[scarlettohara]

Scarlett just fished a frog from the pond and pecked it round the lawn - the squeeking is horrible Then the big border finished if off - aren't animals lovely

[chick wiggle]

Mmmm yummy, squished frog

Delightful creatures our feathered freinds arnt they?

[lillybettybabs]

[l_ouise]

Awww, i would have rescued it...

 

Plus they eat the slugs and snails on my veg patch

[jennydavies]

I feel like a Murderer - I gave ours a worm each this morning I felt really guilty afterwards.

[scarlettohara]

Awww, i would have rescued it...

 

Plus they eat the slugs and snails on my veg patch

 

I did try but the dog got there first

[batcatz]

Hi, it's so gross isn't it! I had the same thing happen a few days ago. I rescued the frog, but it died. I threw it back to the chickens so its death wasn't a waste! Then I couldn't eat my dinner. I know that the frog won't be in the eggs and that the protein will be used in their body to give energy to make the egg. But, I'm selling the eggs to my neighbour. Am I a bad person? lol

[scarlettohara]

No just don't tell your neighbour I just rescued another one - it sort of laid on top of the pond for a bit then swam off.

[Lydia]

Please be aware that frogs are very very good at playing dead in the hope that whatever is attacking them stops. They will often lie on their backs with their legs splayed and you can poke and prod them and they will still appear very very dead but will hop off when they feel it is safe to do so.

 

The best thing to do is to put them somewhere shady, moist and out of harm and leave them alone for an hour or two. Chances are they'll hop off. Also try not to handle them too much as the heat from human hands is like us having really bad sunburn or scalding.

 

Of course, if they are missing vital limbs or organs or have been the unfortunate subject of 'frog rugby', then you can safely assume they are actually departed!

[batcatz]

Please be aware that frogs are very very good at playing dead in the hope that whatever is attacking them stops. They will often lie on their backs with their legs splayed and you can poke and prod them and they will still appear very very dead but will hop off when they feel it is safe to do so.

 

yes, v. good advice! They can play dead for a long time too.

 

I took it off the hen (v difficult) as i thought they found a dead frog, then it wiggled and open its mouth. I put it in a small bowl with a little bit of water. I often save frogs from my cats like this. I left it in my bathroom for about 30 mins then checked. It was definately dead and its face had been pecked pour thing. I think I felt sick cos I didn't save it. I love frogs, but not to eat.

[lillybettybabs]

I have been fattening some mealworms up for my girls,

They are very big now so i put some in a pot for the three girls and put it into the run, They massacred them.

I felt a little bad that i had fattened these worms up then threw them into the lions den

[ali-s]

This afternoon my lot were fighting over a mice/shrew, hard to tell what it had been as my Cat Rupert had just reguritated it It disapeared before I had chance to shoo the chickens away from it.

[chicken bark]

This is probably a stupid question but aren't frogs poisonous? I know they can serious damage a cats health so I thought the same might be true for chickens?

[Space Chick]

Mine have eaten frogs and toads with no ill effect......

 

and mice, and shrews, and a vole, and worms, and slugs, and snails, and as of yesterday a newt.

 

Delightful little murderers are chickens

[scarlettohara]

I think they taste horrid - they have some sort of repellant on their skin - obviously not chicken repellant then

[Space Chick]

I think they taste horrid

 

Does that come from personal experience

[Plum]

 

I really didn't want to eat the eggs when a mouse dissapeared down one of mine. and don't frogs scream.

[mabelandflosmum]

Oh yuk, I feel queazy !!

[Lydia]

This is probably a stupid question but aren't frogs poisonous? I know they can serious damage a cats health so I thought the same might be true for chickens?

 

No, the UK does not have any poisonous indigenous frog species.

 

I think they taste horrid - they have some sort of repellant on their skin - obviously not chicken repellant then

 

No, that's toads.

[chicken bark]

I suppose I didn't phrase it quite right, so not poisonous exactly but damaging to the health.

 

I think that cats should not eat frogs as it causes liver damage (or could be kidney damage)

I just wanted to make sure eating frogs didn't damage chickens.

 

Anyway it seems not.

[Debby Tutton]

Oh my goodness !!!

 

I had no idea !!!

 

Ever loving hubby has just built a wonderful run next to our pool which, especially at the moment, is constantly the home to frogs, toads and lizards.

 

It didn't even occur to me.

 

I'll have to stand guard with the net me thinks !

[Alis girls]

You must live in Midsomer - everything gets murdered there No murders here i'm afraid - my gels are tres gentile (who am i kidding) i am sure they are plotting as I type