One of my girls ate a frog 😳

[Ihavesomechickens]

Once back when my BO pullet was just a chick she managed to catch a tree frog. Half an hour and a lot of running later she finally ate it. Chickens eat anything that doesn’t eat them first, like @3KillerBs said.

 

[Folly's place]

Years ago, there's a photo of a big game hen carrying the rat she caught and killed! She was a big girl, but so was that rat!
Mary

 

[Baumshell28]

Frogs and scorpions are a favorite around my coop.

@WallyG74, you’ve got scorpions in Mississippi?? Being in Louisiana basically makes me your neighbor...without question, if I run across a scorpion, I will lose whatever “marbles” I have left!!!

 

[WallyG74]

@WallyG74, you’ve got scorpions in Mississippi?? Being in Louisiana basically makes me your neighbor...without question, if I run across a scorpion, I will lose whatever “marbles” I have left!!!

I’m not an expert but it’s a fairly localized vein of very sandy soil along the East side of Lauderdale County which borders the more prairie-like soil of west Alabama. Apparently these little suckers love the stuff! They are only about 1.5 inches long and very dark. I’m told the sting is like a bumblebee. We find them in the basement hiding under stuff and anything stacked in the yard is a haven for them. I had a stack of tin leftover from building my coop. I moved some of it and scorpions ran everywhere. From there it was a feast for my eager little hens!

 

[LDev]

One of mine had a mouse in her beak and the others were chasing her around trying to get it off her, so she stopped and did what can only be described as a ‘Seagull gulp’ and swallowed it whole....she was fine albeit a bit full in the crop for a while....always shocks people when they realise what true little dinosaurs they are

 

[Baumshell28]

I’m not an expert but it’s a fairly localized vein of very sandy soil along the East side of Lauderdale County which borders the more prairie-like soil of west Alabama. Apparently these little suckers love the stuff! They are only about 1.5 inches long and very dark. I’m told the sting is like a bumblebee. We find them in the basement hiding under stuff and anything stacked in the yard is a haven for them. I had a stack of tin leftover from building my coop. I moved some of it and scorpions ran everywhere. From there it was a feast for my eager little hens!

 

[Folly's place]

LOVE living in the snow belt! Scorpions? No way!
Mary

 

[333113]

Nope! She shouldn’t! They’ve got iron stomachs

And rocks in their gizzards!

 

[BrandoMan]

You chicken will be fine. In the spring all the baby snakes come out and if they are on my property I catch and relocate them unless they are aggressive then I throw them to the chickens who kill them in a second and eat. They wont mess with any snake unless its a baby.

 

[Coops Dad]

Our chickens catch, kill and eat mice on a regular enough basis that I've gotten video of it several times. They'll beat it against the ground then play keep away with it until one finally swallows it whole.