Champion Mouser - No Need for Cats Around my House!

[HandyMom]

Today, I stopped in at my house and took a break from work to see my girls (human and chicken). We were all in the back yard and I was explaining what needed to be watered in the garden when all of a sudden there was a huge commotion between our chickens. Our dominant hen was squawking and running, with #2 in command on her tail running after her. My daughters (8 & 13) started yelling and my 13 year old finally explained what I had not comprehended yet. Our little Pip had a mouse and was running and trying to swallow at the same time with Cinnamon chasing her trying to peck the tail of the mouse and pull it out of Pip's mouth. I finally got between the two, and the rest of the flock as well, and let Pip triumphantly swallow her mouse!

When the tail was no longer visible, she just clucked and clucked. Think she was bragging! I gave her a nice red raspberry and told her good job!

My little girls were completely grossed out. We had watched the hilarious video on You Tube of a chicken catching, killing, and eating a mouse before we got chicks this year. But I swear, I hope I never fall down in the back yard and have any blood on me, or anything red, because those feathery dinosaurs mean business!

 

[WriterofWords]

LOL they love those little suckers don't they? Nuggetron caught a mouse a couple of weeks ago and he'd set it down and cluck trying to lure a hen near him lol,,, the mouse would try and run and he'd pick it up and cluck some more. The hens wanted it so bad, but not bad enough to duck under Nugget for it!

 

[TheChickenShrink]

When we got our first generation of hens in June last year (they are approximately 2½ years old today), I was very worried about other animals getting in our backyard and attacking them, like the neighbors' cats and dogs. Well I soon realized that those ladies could defend themselves, because I saw them gang together and chase down any intruding animal: cats, dogs, squirrels and, to our very pleasant surprise, the groundhogs trying to get into our garden. A friend's big dog (a golden retriever) is terrorized by our hens, and it takes only one to chase and corner him, where he laments until we come to his rescue!

So it seems that our little fellows still have alot of dinosaur blood left in their veins, and I certainly wouldn't bet on the chances of a mouse making it alive across our backyard!

Ciao!

 

[Serrin]

Oh that is just too funny!!! And so very like our girls. Only their usual quarry is frogs. You know, the little green try type?

Gimpy (Buff Orp) is notorious for finding them first and then it's "off to the races" with the whole bloomin' flock! I've not had the privilege of witnessing a mouse kill, but many a frog has been victim of our mini velociraptors!!

But we learned the hard way never to let them have newts. I wasn't home, or you can best believe this would never have happened.

Dearest husband found one while digging up some rather large rocks in the yard and thought the girls would like a little change in diet.

Of course the girls, trusting souls that they are, and Denny not knowing that newts are poisonous, accepted the treat without a second thought. Naturally, one of the girls grabbed it and "off to the races" they went. Mavis won/lost that race. Three hours later, our sweet little Light Brahma was deceased

So let that be a lesson to all....What a way to go. Who would have thought?

 

[Rising_Phoenix]

My 16 week old production red Spaz killed a mouse 2 weeks ago but didn't eat it she just crushed it with her feet because it scared her XD.

 

[Theda's Mom]

I watched my cochin snatch up and gulp down a frog and after that, decided that I really didn't want to know what they were eating, and by extension, what was going into my frying pan every morning. Gurp.

 

[FlockMama]

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[jayde88]

Awww that's funny!
My little bantam silkie hen gulped down a mouse in one big bite, it was a pretty big one too!
Thanks for sharing!