Brown Recluse Dangerous for RR's to eat?

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Hello Everyone,

I've a question that I've not been able to find much of an answer on here. I do apologize if its a repost. I am thinking of moving my coop behind our shed, next to a wood pile. now, I know my chickens love their bugs, but seeing as we're in "blown recluse" country, I wasn't sure if it was a good idea. I've not actually seen any - mostly wolf spiders or smaller varieties. If i move the coop next to the wood pile, and IF a brown recluse gets into the coop or the chickens find one while wandering, is it dangerous to the chickens both as the biter or the bitee??

Also, I sprayed my garden with Sevin about 6-8 weeks ago. I was wondering if it was safe to let the chickens loose in the garden (fenced in), as they might eat dead bugs that were killed by the sevin - I have not searched the forum for this topic (sorry).

Thanks!

 

[beachchickie]

Bite would most likely kill. I doubt if they would eat the spiders but if they did I don't think it would hurt them.

 

[Judy]

I do not recall ever reading on here of a chicken/brown recluse problem, and there are brown recluses as well as plenty of black widows where I live. I have never had a problem like this, either.

 

[BYC_In_Long_Beach]

My chickens eat black widow spiders and they love them!

 

[al6517]

Eating them doesn't pose a problem.

AL

 

[woodmort]

Wouldn't be a good thing for the spider but the chickens would probably love the snack.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

We love seeing our chickens eat Black Widow spiders which I believe are even more deadly than Brown Recluse.