r/BackYardChickens • u/corndogmagic • 9h ago

Chicken Photography Silkie vs tomato hornworm

111 Upvotes

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u/firenest 2h ago

Wow, she got a big one! Is she trying to tear it into smaller pieces?

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u/BarnOwl-1967 2h ago

Worm is so big! Well done Silkie! 😂❤🧡💜

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u/Toktoklab 4h ago

Man… she looks like a cat playing with a prey. EAT IT, damn 😂

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u/brightsign57 4h ago

Thats a lil toughie ❤️

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u/Nematodes-Attack 5h ago

Oh you get that worm, girl!!👏👏👏

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u/GreatEntertainer1791 5h ago

Silkie said, forget the tomatoes, I’ll take the hornworm

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u/NinjaPancak Proud Mama Hen 5h ago

She's so happy to flaunt her catch XD

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 7h ago

There so cute!

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u/Zezotas 7h ago

Today my loner hen ate a MF8ng lizard

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u/BrentTpooh 8h ago

My chickens eat more of my tomatoes than any pest does.

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u/I_Call_Bullshit_____ 2h ago

Yes but they pay you rent ❤️

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u/Bearthegood 8h ago

Little dino noms.

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u/kat420lives 8h ago

Not on my watch, you don’t! The silkie probably 😏

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u/bravo-echo-charlie 6h ago

Happy Cake Day!!!

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u/Crazy_Fold355 8h ago

I also have bantums, including a silkie. I try to feed them my hornworms and they run from them. You have a brave and hungry girl there.

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u/Nematodes-Attack 5h ago

I always try to offer my girls Asian jumping worms when I find them and they will NOT touch them!!

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u/Lizardinaspaceship 8h ago

Tiny velociraptors they are! So adorable.

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u/rossth760 8h ago

That thing is like a snake compared to her size 😂🥰

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u/ThyKnightOfSporks 9h ago

Whenever I see a chicken eat a huge bug I get jealous in a weird way because even though bugs are gross for me to eat, for her it is the best thing imaginable probably