chickens as mousers

[furry]

My chicken caught a mouse! Actually, it was a short-tailed shrew, and I suspect she may have found it already dead, but she looked very proud with the little furry rodent hanging from her beak. I traded her some cracked corn for the carcass, as I wasn't sure of the cause of death. Is this common chicken behavior?

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

It's relatively common. I've only seen mine eat baby mice, but others seem to eat full grown mice regularly. I wish mine would learn that trick...

 

[awesomefowl]

chickens will kill and eat mice. they are sharp beaked little buggers!

 

[tuesdays chicks]

I've heard they eat mice and read it in my book. My son has mice and I keep threatening to feed them to the chooks if he doesn't clean them out

 

[muddstopper]

I used to have a mouse or rat run out from under the tractors every time I moved them. Ever since my Buckeyes have gotten big enought to start laying, I havent seen any signs of a rodent. I suspect they are catching the mice but I havent actually seen it for myself.

 

[theoldchick]

I wonder if certain breeds of chickens are more apt to eat small rodents? My Father-in-Law's game chickens would snatch anything that didn't get out of their way including human toes. I learned to wear shoes around them.

 

[Tiss]

I haven't seen mine catch mice, but they sure love the little geckos we get around here.

 

[kano]

When you see a chicken chasing a mouse, you don't have doubts that chickens are modern and smaller velociraptors...

 

[tnchickenut]

Yeah, my SEBRIGHTS kill mice... but my DELAWARE rooster won't even come off the perch if one is around. Its sad. lol.

 

[CalebtheChicken]

Chickens will eat/kill anything they can over power and/or aren't threatened by. Mine have killed 50 square feet of grass, mice, frogs, hornets, bees, fish, tried to kill a kitten, and tested my 14" beagle