Spiders...

[Chiiiiiiiiiickens!]

Is anyone else not at all looking forward to spiders lurking all over the chicken coop? I swear, I can't stand going in there when the weather warms up. It gives me the shivers, just anticipating their beady eyes and furry bodies scampering about. Bleck!!

Am I the only one plagued by the fear?

 

[Orpingtonman]

I can't stand them either

but my hens and roos usually do a good job of gettin rid of them

 

[English Chick]

I loathe them......!!! even more so if they are in the house and they are too big to "squish"...nope out comes the hoover...I know I know don't tell me please...they can crawl back out....not by the time my hoover has finished with them they can't!!

 

[vfem]

I fear spiders so much I freeze when I see one.

However, IF I see one near the chicken coop... it takes all of 2 seconds before its chicken lunch. Love how they rid me of the fire ants in the yard too

 

[kbarrett]

I do not care for spiders one bit! However I can deal with them as long as they're not ON me. The exception is them being where they're not supposed to be....my house. A spider in the barn...ok, avoid it no big deal, a spider in my house

Major Problem!
I will add that there is one spider that doesn't bother me at all, daddy longleggers, I have actually used my hands to pick them up and carry them out of the house

 

[debilorrah]

I have never seen a spider i nthe coop - I guess my girls like them for a snack.

 

[Teach97]

I am so afraid of spiders it isn't funny...I scream like the biggest baby when I see one...the kids laugh at me...I have removed snakes from classrooms and rattlesnakes from the playground no issues don't even shake...one little spider and I am screaming in the hallway...honestly made the principal come out to see what the problem was...I told him it was a spider and that was the appropriate response...he is afraid of snakes and said he understood and left! I have to get my sons to kill spiders for me...6' 240 lbs... being held hostage by a spider...I don't care

 

[bulldog-girl]

Me too! Me too! I am super afraid of them. Don't know why cause I am not afraid of most other bugs or snakes or mice or rats. The usual other things that people are afraid of.

I just can't stand them on me or to touch them to get rid of them. I also use the hoover in the house if I am alone. I have a daughter that is good at getting rid of them for me or DH. I have had them come down on a web right in front of me while I am driveing. I scream like a baby and run the other way.

 

[farmerlor]

I'm the same way. I love mice, adore snakes, kiss frogs for the kids regularly, and have been known to walk around with lizards in my pocket but a spider is my mortal enemy. I'm most ashamed of the fact that I've made my kids afraid of them too thus perpetuating this absurd fear. But I've never seen a spider in the chicken house. My roosts are rather high up though so I'm betting they can get even the ones that try to hide out on the ceiling.

 

[luvarabhorses]

Does anyone have those huge long flat looking ones, like an evil Adams family hot rod? I too hate spiders but I am trying to be more tolerant of them. At least snakes have some brain and are generally frightened of you, I'm fine with them-spiders just react, iiiiicccckkkk!