Topic: Vole catcher chicken

[Paulines7]

Here is a picture of my black hen who catches voles and eats them. 

On several occasions I have seen her running around with a vole in her mouth and all the other chickens chasing her.  I was a bit concerned Monday when I saw she had yet another one in her mouth.  We had put poison down for the rats and I wondered if the vole had been in the shed and eaten some of it.  I cornered the chicken to try and get the vole from her and in the process, she dropped it but I couldn't see where.  Within seconds my dog Meggie had found the vole and swallowed it.  I was then concerned about Meggie but have been watching her carefully for any abnormal signs and she is fine. 

I did web searches and found out that other chickens caught voles so I wondered if anyone else had a vole catcher in their flock?

[Robert_Brenchley]

Voles don't move as fast as mice, and they'll have anything small enough to swallow.

[sawfish]

It does have a mean face. The sort of face a vole might fear.

[Paulines7]

Yep,  maybe she scares them to death.   ;D ;D

[teresa]

I had a broody maran a few years back, she was in the run and all hell broke lose. Mouse screaming and the hens like banshies.
Hubby and I stood and watched it. She got it and ripped it up and they all had some nothing left.
They say hens are vedgies ha if they see blood they go for it or red nail varnish. My toes went through it hurt like hell my lovely girls ha ha.

[Palustris]

I think I posted a picture many years ago of one of our hens with a mouse dangling from its beak.  They are omnivores rather than herbivores. They will eat anything, including each other!

[teresa]

I think you did, they will eat each other thats where I found vicks vapor rub comes in handy one bite and they dont do it again.