little chickadee Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hi - I'm a new chicken keeper, and while we were watching our girls eating the s"Ooops, word censored!"s/ corn we had prepared for them, my 6 year old yelled "Dave's caught a frog" and sure enough, Dave was running around the run with a mini frog hanging out of his mouth with the other 3 chooks in hot persuit. He managed to eat it on the run. I wondered if other people have spied their chickens eating frogs. I thought they limited themselves to bugs, slugs and worms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xScrunchee Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I have seen mine eating a dead crispy one which nearly made me Apparently they eat mice too Some eggs are not for us-they are for neighbours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Yeuch! My new girls are still babies and having watched them take several goes at eating a worm, I can't imagine them managing a frog! I saw a rat run across the garden earlier, it would be lovely if I could train them to work together to get rid of rats but I don't think I'd want to eat their eggs! Besides, where would it end? If I got more chooks they could work together to eat the children Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Yes. Mine have had a lovely mousey feast recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatedog Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 And why is that such a bad idea???? (Only joking!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Some eggs are not for us-they are for neighbours Oh this really made me laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 My neighbours got the eggs from Shirley for 3 days after she ate a mouse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Well....it's all valuable protein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Mine love frogs - I dont' like it, as I get really excited when the baby frogs come out of the pond etc. But my girls will fight like mad over frogs - one hen pulling on each leg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
