They took down a bird?!?!?!

[Moochie]

I should have posted this when I saw it but I forgot to. 1 week ago on Wed. I was outside with my young cockerels and one pullet (don't worry they're siblings and young). I went to the garage to get mealworms and I heard a screaming noise so I thought someone was getting hurt but when I rush back they're tearing apart a small bird! Chasing eachother over the limbs and such. It looked like a finch type bird. I didn't stop them but I'm wondering is that unusual?

 

[CapricornFarm]

No, I have seen birds get into the runs, and the chickens will kill and eat them if they get a chance. They are omnivores, meaning they eat everything. I would rather they didn't , because I worry about diseases and mites. So if I see them, I try to free the birds before they get eaten.

 

[train2110]

You are scaring me!

We have six 18 week pullets who chase birds in the yard when we let them free range. To date the birds just fly away. I will have to tell my wife to be watchfull.

Suppose the cockerels and hen thought it was an over sized bug...

 

[southerndesert]

They will kill and eat just about anything they can catch... People are often shocked at who chickens really are

Been around them all my life and I seen some stuff I have....

 

[La Mike]

Goes back to that little dinosaur story

 

[Moochie]

Dinosaur story?

 

[allieloveschickens]

dinosaur story- birds are descended from dinosaurs (though there is new evidence saying that perhaps dinosaurs evolved from birds: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209183335.htm) Mine stole a mouse from my cat and ate it in minutes! Gross

 

[dewey]

It's been said, and it's true, that they'll eat just about anything that doesn't eat them first. Not always a pretty site.

 

[galanie]

The grossest thing I've watched is when they get a toad.

 

[Animalian]

mine will eat quite happily out of their feeder with a wild bird RIGHT next to them. It's mice that they love to kil