jaspersmum Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I went out to give the girls their corn yesterday evening and our elderly speckeldy Matilda had somehow managed to catch herself a mouse. I then spent 20 mins bent double with laughter as a bizarre relay race ensued as the girls trotted back and forth around the run casually chasing the current holder of the mouse until they could catch her and relieve her of her prize. The only thing that could have made it any funnier would have been the Benny Hill soundtrack playing in the background! (Hmmm...perhaps I should enter them for Britain's Got Talent next year?) Happily Matilda finally took posession of her mouse and hunkered down in the corner of the dust bath growling until the others left her alone to finish the treat Chickens, you gotta love them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubababe Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 It's hilarious when they do that isn't it! Not sure about the mouse though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazzy73 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 mine were the same today but with a snail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Mine love a tasty mouse or frog too. Your right it's hilarious to watch the scrummage. But a bit eewww at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspersmum Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Frogs ick!! Snails and slugs regularly but no frogs yet Good job we love our girls because they're quite gross really aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 One of my old chickens caught a toad once and spent ages running around with its back legs hanging out of her beak It was too big to swallow and eventually she had to give it up and one of the slightly bigger girls had it instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspersmum Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Toad legs eeuuww!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 It's bad when you see two of them fighting over a frog, tearing it between them... Bad girls... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I remember Betty, a Goldline I had once, gobbling down a mouse in one go I love watching my girls chasing each other around the run when one of them has found a huge worm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspersmum Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Bless. All of our current girls are terrified of worms! We don't give them free run of the garden any more due to their expert landscaping skills and the local foxes. Our sadly departed Maisie chook used to LOVE worms and would always assist with digging by diving into any hole you made to clear it of worms for you. After some energetic gardening recently we threw a handful of worms in to our current girls' run as a treat and they all ran away and hid in the corners shaking until we took the worms out again. Chickens, I'll never understand them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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percy049 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I often see the hens chasing eachother around the garden for a piece of bread or something, and never fails to make me laugh. However, when they're chasing eachother for something they've found, I dread to look what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
