My flock ate a baby copperhead and I'm freaking out!

[Lil Chicken mama]

I was working on the fence near them when I heard something hit the ground and the flock went nuts. Thought it was a giant worm my jersey hen was working over and fighting the flock over, till I realized it was too big to be a worm. Ran inside the pen and found three of them w a foot long, nearly dead, baby copperhead. I tried to grab my hen, but she wasn't letting go, and two others ripped off other bits of it. Before I could grab the RI Red that stole the head, everyone ate it! I just killed a five foot cottonmouth last week that easily killed my quail (I live on a lake, so we get lots of snakes, though we keep out tons of pest control). Now I'm a little freaked out that the snake might injure my hen on its way down her gullet. Never seen the five of them freak out on such a coordinated attack before.

 

[Mmanist]

I think she will be fine, unless she got bit. But im curious what other have to say!

 

[neo71665]

If she got bit you would know it by now. She done exactly what mother nature programmed her to do.

 

[Lil Chicken mama]

If she got bit you would know it by now. She done exactly what mother nature programmed her to do.

I wasn't sure how long it would take before she showed any signs. They all look proud as punch w themselves...lol. It's been about 45 mins since posting, so good to know

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

As long as she wasn’t bit, she should be fine. Copperheads are scary, but also pretty cool. If they killed it, it can’t hurt them. Some people eat copperheads ( ), and if it doesn’t hurt them it probably won’t hurt a bird that evolved to eat everything.