Do hens eat butterflies?

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

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

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:

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).