They ate a mouse!

[CoriM]

Oh wow, that is so interesting!

 

[Newbie6789]

Yup! My Muscovy girls will go for mice. They once even stole a mouse from my cat! It takes a lot of maneuvering and crushing of bones with their bills and lots of drinking of water, but they eventually get them down!

LOL - the first time I saw my Muscovy eat one, it freaked me out!!! Now the Muscoview hang close to the dog when she has a bone or other food. When she gets up, they go and eat whatever she had left. Strange, strange birds. But I love 'em

 

[ChickenDuckLover]

my duck just swallowed one whole

 

[alpacasandchicks78]

my duck just swallowed one whole

I had a chicken do that (one of our black sex links). I'd never seen it before and evidently they've been known to toss around snakes for fun as well. Fortunately rattlesnakes are uncommon where I live. I thought the chicken was going to have issues until my mom said nonchalantly "was it Rhoda??". Evidently for her it wasn't the first time.

 

[CoriM]

Yikes!

 

[BelovedBirds]

Has anyone else experienced their ducks dispatching a mouse? This morning I found some mouse fur and a tail laying on top of their chips, where an hour earlier there was nothing. I think my two pekins ate it?!

Wow, my girls must be peaceful!- I've only seen one mouse one time in my pen, they just watched him running about, seemed amused by the tiny thing. The neighbours cat was also amused and guards my pen somedays.

Rats on the other hand, they're an on going battle, they're usually scared of them. But Dougie is definitely the brave one, the defender, if she's feeling brave she'll turn quite aggressive and charge them, they run for their lives.
Don't worry, they're on their way out, I'm using multiple methods to get them gone and I believe its working!

 

[BelovedBirds]

my duck just swallowed one whole

How do they manage to digest the skull and bones?? Do they just??
You know what? Not going to ask.

 

[BelovedBirds]

they've been known to toss around snakes for fun as well.

I.... note to self-- never mess with a chicken.

 

[turtlefrog2]

My ducks have ripped toads apart. Especially when one catches a toad and the others want a piece. I do my best to keep the toads away.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Uhm. Curious, what would duck poop look like, if they'd eaten a mouse? Bits of bone? Fur?
I'm not accusing my girls of anything, but I found a mysterious very wet dirty clump of dark brown fur in their pen today, in the area that they eat and drink in....