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We only keep Rhode Island Red hens. I don't get along with roosters. Sorry. They roam where they like, but lay in a box under the house, or in the tool shed for the most part.
The Coqui's didn't get here til about 5 years after all the other neighbors had them. We taught the hens how to find the eggs and they eat them. Haven't seen many bugs either. I can't imagine a morning that doesn't start with feeding the hens. Love those girls, and we can give away eggs all year long.
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I've watched our chickens find and eat them (daytime) a few times
... when one finds one they all come running and pull it apart...
They'd eat more if chickens were nocturnal, or coqui diurnal
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Originally posted by Wao nahele kane
Here's the insect that's up there if not worse than Coqui depending on their location and ones earshot. It's also one of our chickens favorite meals. If you listen to this video about 30 seconds (if you can stand it that long) then stop it, you may feel the immediate relief as if the air pressure suddenly dropped around you or pressure in your head is suddenly relieved. These insect are perhaps a source of underlying stress not unlike freeway noise that induces stress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYPOCF0hYU
I think you found gypsy's "drilling noise".
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Chickens forage during the day . Coqui only at night . Hmmmmm
hapahaole
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Originally posted by Kenney
We only keep Rhode Island Red hens. I don't get along with roosters. Sorry. They roam where they like, but lay in a box under the house, or in the tool shed for the most part.
The Coqui's didn't get here til about 5 years after all the other neighbors had them. We taught the hens how to find the eggs and they eat them. Haven't seen many bugs either. I can't imagine a morning that doesn't start with feeding the hens. Love those girls, and we can give away eggs all year long.
This seems like the win-win scenario for me. I especially like the idea of giving away the eggs. Nothing says good neighbor more than kindness and generosity.
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Chickens forage during the day, scratching up and turning over leaf litter. Coquis sing in the trees all night and hide during the day... in the leaf litter. Seems like chickens and coquis would cross paths frequently.
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MarkP,
I'd agree. The other aspect from another source (UH) stated that the juvenile Couqui spend their time on the ground to less than 4' above it. That puts them in the target zone for chickens. Also many of the Coqui eggs are laid in leaves on the ground so they are also eaten by the chickens. I guess it's just a matter of the time spent in the area by the chicken, eventually they wipe out the coqui frog populace in a given area after all the adults die off and their offspring are consumed.
I'd imagine this applies to geckos also.
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Originally posted by Hapahaole
Chickens forage during the day . Coqui only at night . Hmmmmm
hapahaole
I've seen our chickens discover and subsequently fight over coqui during the day many many times. There are a few things you aren't considering: 1) The chickens eyes are from ground level on up (where the coqui are) and 2) They are very keen at spotting them. They pluck coquis out of foliage or wherever that you can't see from standing up and looking down at stuff. I don't think that chickens "hunt by sound" anyway. 3) Chickens forage for creatures that don't necessarily move like slugs and coqui and quickly dispatch them. Even if the chickens were active at night, I don't think it make would much of a difference. They do a pretty good job as it is.
Also, chickens love centipedes. The sight of seeing a hen grab one and run away with it with the entire flock chasing her to fight over it is priceless. It takes about a year to 18 months but eventually centipedes will become scarce as well.
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