Chicken killed a mouse!

[CK Chickadilly]

Great info to know....I had no idea!
Turns those chickens loose on those suckers!

I got plenty in the barn!

 

[Judymae]

I was in the coop the other nite and a little 2 1/2 - 3 foot snake went slithering right past me.....I almost wet my pants screaming!!! The chickens came outta the coop (they had already put themselves up for the nite) and attacked it!!! Once it was dead they all took their turns running around the yard with it. Funny thing was the next morning when I let them out they didn't run straight to the feeders, like usual, they came running out looking at the ground and searching for another snake!! My little heros!!

 

[CarriBrown]

Mine are mouse AND rat killers/eaters.

 

[picklespickles]

i like the idea of the chickens protecting you from the snake.

 

[JennsPeeps]

This explains why the resident rodent... erm "squirrel"... has a fit every time s/he sees the chooks. It gets up in the grape arbor and huffs, puffs, whines, moans, and complains about some thing or other.

I can't stand grey squirrels.

 

[cmom]

They are good mousers!!!

 

[Jashdon]

I wish our chickens would chase the squirels off, but they just stand there and watch them eat their food. It is very frustrating!

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yeah I was pretty mortified the first time I saw a chicken catch and eat a mouse...kinda makes you want to be a vegetarian!

 

[CK Chickadilly]

Just a thought & who knows......but rodents & bats carry tons of really nasty dieases. If the chickens eat these mice, etc, aren't they going to get some nasty type of disease if that rodent has a diease?

Ya know what I mean?

 

[the1much]

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most diseases by rodents are through their poopies,,, kinda like its bad for us to have chicken poop on our hands when eating chips ( dont ask

) and getting really sick from it,,, but can still eat the chicken.