[daisy1990]

I had lots of butterflies in my meadow until my three girls arrived- now see none.  Are the hens eating them?

[sneezer]

Yes I'm afraid they do, mine love those little white moths and basically anything else that moves one had a shrew the other day!

[hillfooter]

I had lots of butterflies in my meadow until my three girls arrived- now see none.  Are the hens eating them?

Yes they do but I doubt  3 hens would do a lot of damage unless they breed within the chickens ranging area and it's more likely the catapilars they take.
HF

[daisy1990]

thanks I thought as much but they look so innocent!

[Casey76]

Hens are not innocent   

You haven't seen anything till you see three or four hens playing tug of war with a mouse or a vole!  :blink:

[daisy1990]

yuk! lets hope I miss that one

[Foghorn-Leghorn]

I wondered what on earth was wrong with one of my chooks this evening as she bombed down the garden with her neck stretched up as far as possible - then I spotted the huge moth she was after!

I also had to rescue a frog from one of the flower moonscape borders before the girls spotted him.  I like frogs far too much to let the hens have them (the same can't be said for snails).

[pigeonpie]

I often find myself giggling away as I see one of the girls charging across the garden with her head in the air trying to catch a passing moth or butterfly. 
I'm thinking of loaning them out to people who have cabbage white issues!