Ack! I think she just ate a FROG!

[princess araucana]

It has been raining pretty hard and for the second time I was so excited to find a cute little froggy in the outside water bowl!

Later on he left and I was thinking how sweet it was he comes to visit in the rain.

My girls were out and about in the yard, all of a sudden I heard a loud squeak! And Alexander (hen) runs off with a frog dangling from her beak!

I think she ate it! It was a good size but looked like she swallowed it down!

Is that OK?

 

[JessaLynn]

Yeah mine love frogs to.Perfectly fine for them.It's funny seeing frog legs dangeling out of ones beak and everyone else trying to steal it.It looks like football to me!

 

[Rebel Rooster]

Yep! I have witnessed more than 1 frog dangling from a beak and the chicken with the poor little frog running around the yard making that "Running Chicken" noise that sounds to me like, "I got it--I got it!!!" While all the others pursue...

 

[michickenwrangler]

My daughter picked up one of our hens one night--with a tiny toad gripped in her beak. "Eek! Put her down! Putherdown! Let her finish!"

I've also found a few mangled amphibians (toads, frogs and salamanders) in their run. Since I've been letting my gals out in the evenings, I've noticed far less amphibians and snakes than previously.

 

[gritsar]

Yep, they love frogs.

 

[klevesque]

That's great to hear! We are overrun by little frogs after every rain! We have to watch where we step when walking on the lawn.

 

[mulia24]

as i know is that they eat every small moving thing they see, even mine try to catch butterfly and of course she never can catch it.

 

[Amethyste]

Frogs, toads, mice, rats, bugs.... if it moves and looks good they eat it!

 

[gottalovemychickens]

Quote:
so does that mean that my chickens can eat baby garter snakes ???

 

[edb]

Mine have eaten several small snakes that I know of. Frog and lizards also seem to be good for them. We were cleaning shrimp the other day and I found that they love the skins and heads. I'm starting to be less surprised at what they'll eat.