Yeah we have the Brown Recluse and Black Widow spiders here, out in force!
Over the last month, on three seperate occasions, I have encountered spiders in the shower.... There I am, halfway through my shower, and out of the corner of my eye this thing suddenly drops from the ceiling towards the top of my head! Waahh!
There they are, descending from the ceiling on their threads.. saying "Oh, Hi there! I was just going to connect my web to your hair, do stand still, wont you?" and I say "No! Drown!" and use the air freshener can from the back of the toilet to knock em into the water stream and watch them get rinsed down the drain before I get back in... Grrrr!
Then yesterday, I was out sitting with the chicks.. and a little but very thick legged black spider almost ran right over me.. it was in a hurry!
Is it safe for chickens to eat venomous spiders?