Whats The Strangest Things Your Chickens Have Ever Eaten???

[gryeyes]

A bolt. One I was looking for, which I'd dropped while putting something together. I saw she saw it and reached for it, but she got there more quickly. She had it in her beak and I forgot I shouldn't try to grab for it. Yup, I shouldn't have; she swallowed the bolt. At least it had no sharp points or edges!

 

[SB Austex]

I know it's more 'normal' than 'weird', but it creeps me out when my pullets (none older than 12 weeks) grab up feathers and try to swallow them. They get the soft end down their throats but hard part of the shaft is a couple of inches long. They push it against the ground trying to get it down, but it is too tough to break. If I'm there, I take them away, but I assume they do it all the time when I'm not around.

 

[chicmom]

The other day, I turned over a fallen log for one of my favorite hens, and there are usually earthworms and newts under there....anyhow, there was a pretty big spider with a big egg sac on it's rump, and she just gobbled it right up! I was like, "Oh boy, I hope she doesn't get poisoned by it...." She's fine!

 

[Jeeper1540]

Mice, just still seems weird to me. cant think of anything else...
they did eat dripping paint when we were painting the coop last year.

 

[Morgan7782]

Joon is my "bad girl". She has eaten string, cigarette butts, just about anything really. I learned quickly NOT to chase her around and try to grab whatever she had. When she grabbed her first cigarette butt I spent a few minutes CHASING the heck out of her trying to get it away. When I finally caught her I had to pull the filter out of her mouth and hold her head without breaking her neck. Now I just let her figure it out what is and is NOT food. If I don't chase her, she won't eat bad things, but the minute I give chase to get whatever she has, it's ON.

The grossest thing I saw was she ate a rat tail from a rat my kitty killed. I grabbed it from her before I knew what it was. The second I found out I threw it back at her lol, she gobbled it up happily and I washed my hands

All my chickens eat those downy feathers. They loove them and I figure they are cleaning up after themselves haha.

 

[drumstick diva]

oooh after hearing what chickens eat, I'm sure gonna scrutinize any chicken or sandwich before I eat it. On weird thing and I'll be back to hamburgers. Maybe they eat all those awful things hoping no one will dae process them.

 

[anbhean]

Not weird perse, but it REALLY grosses me out when they eat the slugs out of the tomato beds.

Grasshoppers are pretty gruesome to watch too and I just know one of these days they are going to catch a mouse. I dread that day. I guess you can say I'm a bit squeamish.

 

[theoldchick]

Cat testicle. Don't ask.

 

[Morgan7782]

Quote:

must ask....

 

[emys]

Cat testicle. Don't ask.

How can we NOT ask?!?!