mountainboarddude Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 i was cleaning out the hen house today(a wooden ark), and i was sweeping up the sawdust with a dustpan and brush, when a HUGE spider crawled out from one of the corners , i have never seen on so big. it gave me the shivers, so i let the girls into the house, i think they ate him . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 awww I cant stand spider but I have got better since having the girls!! its funny watch 5 hens chasing a spider (or each other with the spider in one of their beaks lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Ewww! Jenny is the best spider catcher here. She delights in standing there with lots of legs hanging out of her beak! I love chickens . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prongs Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Never seen a chicken eat a spider but I can sure imagine it! Go chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 One of mine got a daddy long legs the other day, didnt realise that a chicken could move so fast.......Down in one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prongs Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Chickens sure can move fast! I've chased them round gardens before (unknowingly that I scared them, soft shelled eggs!) and they sure can move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Thanks for the soft shelled eggs Jamie. Not Poor little banties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prongs Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Haha Martin! I did it to Dan Smith's as well, his dad went mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Well, my chickens are padlocked when you come round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prongs Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Nooooooooooooo! I was so looking forward to seeing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Chickens eat spiders - yay I cant stand them even though I know that they are good for the garden. I like watching our girls eat flies it reminds me of karate kid when the old man picked a fly out of the air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 oohhhhhhh noooo! there is nothing cuter than a nest of baby spiders on a leaf .... outdoors that is, cant be doing with them in the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainboarddude Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 i dont mind them in the garden as long as they are not in the chicken house, but i hate them in the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutechicky Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I absolutely hate spiders! I love it when the girls eat them...so much better than TV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...