Dolly Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 After a couple of days away, I let the girls out of the WIR and Tilly shot out, grabbed something from the bushes and ran off with the others in hot pursuit. Just as I made out what it was, she gobbled it down and looked quite pleased with herself before I could grab it off her - it was a tiny unfeathered dead baby bird!! I know they are prone to eating all sorts but is this normal / okay for her to eat?! Should I be worried about her getting ill / worms etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 It isn't uncommon. They can eat whole frogs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 OMG, whole frogs?! We have a toad who lives on (yes, on) the lawnmower in the shed, affectionately known as Terrence, who we have to move every time we want to use it, I'd better make sure he's somewhere out of sight in future!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 My girls caught and ate a fledgling sparrow last year Having got the taste for hunting they later caught and ate a mouse which, after much chasing, one of them swallowed whole, like a snake would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 it was a tiny unfeathered dead baby bird!! Oh urg, it's bad enough when they peck at a slug - can't wait to see something like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 omnivores! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Mine go for mice and frogs. Luckily we don't get frogs anymore as the neighbours filled in their pond, those are the worse to watch I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 This Oragutan should put your chickens to shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 makes me gag seeing them down a whole mouse and having tail sticking out of beak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 It's the benny hill chase that cracks me up. If they just ate it quietly no one would notice, it's the trumpets and fanfare so the others know somethings a foot. Mine have tasted frog, mouse, shrew, I did manage to rescue the toad though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 gross, who would have them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennydavies Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Our Girls cornered a full-grown male sparrow in their WIR and killed him they then proceded to share him amongst themselves they are such little angels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 my girls eat mice they share it first time i seen it i was nearly sick but iv kind of got used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 They really are utterly aren't they? My lovely laid-back Loki-cat stopped bringing his caught mice into the garden for me to admire, as the hens used to mug him for them . I know the first couple were dead when Daisy ate them, but I'm far from sure about the third. It certainly was when she and Joy had finished playing tug-of-war with the poor thing. Loki now brings his kills in through the window for me to play with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j00lz_12366 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 i got up about a month ago to a WIR with blood everywhere-up the ramp, on the bedding, in the Eglu....i was worried 1 of the girls was injured, went and got peck spray just in case..someone has suggested it was probably a mouse..well, when i say 'was'........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franki Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Uurgh They crack me up! They seem come across so scaredy then do stuff like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
