ruthhope
Free Ranging
My son cleaned out his shed 2 days ago and found a rat's nest with 3 baby rats: about the size of house mice, grey fur but eyes closed. He put the tire the nest was in outside the shed [while he had an argument with me about whether or not he could raise the rats himself--no he could not.] The next thing, his little female muscovy was running round with a baby rat in her bill being persued by two pekins that wanted it from her. Then moments later, his pekin hen had found the nest and gobbled down a second rat in a flash.My Speckled Sussex[chicken] caught a mouse this morning and ate it right down.
I really could not believe my eyes! Our gardens are full of little lizards and I have never seen our respective ducks chasing/eating a lizard, but they went for the baby rats!