Seven dead hens within 4 hours, not attacked. UPDATE: Teflon Poisoning!

[The Widow Flanagan]

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What a saga this was for you! I am astounded at the expertise and caring on here. Teflon anything is bad. Wow! What a thread. Of course, now I'm worried about Weasels! We are having a HUGE mouse explosion this year. They are everywhere, so any Weasel can just eat mice! I am feeding the ones I get to the chix. No, no poison in my world!

 

[AaronandAlice]

What a saga this was for you! I am astounded at the expertise and caring on here. Teflon anything is bad. Wow! What a thread. Of course, now I'm worried about Weasels! We are having a HUGE mouse explosion this year. They are everywhere, so any Weasel can just eat mice! I am feeding the ones I get to the chix. No, no poison in my world!

Chickens eat mice? Do you have to prepare them somehow?

 

[lazy gardener]

Sauteed with garlic and mushroom sauce.

 

[AaronandAlice]

Sauteed with garlic and mushroom sauce.

Are you pulling my leg? That sounds disgusting. (Not that raw mice sound any better!)

 

[lazy gardener]

 

[bruceha2000]

Sauteed with garlic and mushroom sauce.

LG's chickens are spoiled.

Chickens will eat almost anything! Mice are certainly in their size range. I've heard of people's chickens eating frogs ... whole. One of mine found a dead and drying out toad in the grass and was trying to eat that.

 

[BantyChooks]

Sauteed with garlic and mushroom sauce.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

They will handle the prep. You might want to look away.

 

[lazy gardener]

Chicken prep of a mouse is actually much more civilized than dog prep.

 

[Morrigan]

There is no mouse prep for the dogs in my house. It's more like an oyster shooter here.