Partridge Rocks or Speckled Sussex from Mt. Healthy?

[chickenheart]

I wish it were a slug, but I have looked into it and it turns out it was a ...leech! I didn't even know we had them here in Ohio. After realizing that all of their pecking was futile, the girls finally dropped it and moved on to easier pickings (or should I say scratchings). Evidently leeches are very tough! And I am very disgusted!!!

 

[verlaj]

I had no idea leeches got so big - and I thought they would only be found in water - where did the chickens find it?

 

[chickenheart]

Sorry, our computor needed some help and I've been offline. Just in case anyone is re-visiting, the leech was found in a muddy, swampy spot at the foot of a tree. It is a bit of a mini creek that springs up when we have received a lot of rainfall (it runs to an actual creek on our property). The chickens know they can always find some tasty treats there and they visit that spot daily. But this was a first. It was right next to the sheep pen so now I'm checking my sheep's legs all of the time. But I do think it was a bit of a fluke and I'm not feeling overly paranoid. Just weirded out.

 

[verlaj]

"a bit of a fluke?" or a bit of a leech? Sorry - couldn't help myself -

 

[chickenheart]

I hope it's just a fluke that you would allow such bad puns to leech into this forum, because that really fell flat!