r/Chicken • u/Classic-Impression93 • Jul 17 '24

What is that??

Just letting my birds out in the morning and i see this thing….

What on earth is that? 🤣🤣 (UK)

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u/Dangerous_Bass309 Jul 17 '24

Looks like a big silverfish

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 17 '24

Ah. Forgot they existed. Must be tbh. Massive tho if so

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u/SelarahSkye Jul 17 '24

THEY'RE TERRIFYING ALREADY, THERE'S ONES THIS BIG?????

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u/der_schone_begleiter Jul 17 '24

I think there is a reddit page for insects. Maybe post it there.

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u/Adeptness_Same Jul 18 '24

Fish bait!?!

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 18 '24

Nah my father in law goes fishing, but its not live bait

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u/MadameFrog Jul 17 '24

I'm not able to identify it, but I'm pretty sure it's a moth! 🤔

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u/Friendly-Isopod-1829 Jul 17 '24

Nah, it does be a silver fish. See them all the time under tiles and slates. But that's because my dad and brother are builders labourers

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u/MadameFrog Jul 17 '24

Interesting!!

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 17 '24

No wings, large tail, practically got whiskers 🤣 idk its freaky 🤣

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u/lombuster Jul 17 '24

legless grasshopper

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 17 '24

Cant find any that look the same as this? 🤣 Nor does the internet even claim grasshoppers are legless

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u/lombuster Jul 17 '24

im only guessing here, but one of your chickens might have helped for the legs to be missing

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 17 '24

We have silkies in the run, thats where i found whatever it is. And they would have devoured it tbf 🤣 but its a possibility

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 17 '24

Update: it has legs, small and crab like. Creepy 🤣

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u/GustavoFromAsdf Jul 18 '24

Hmm not a chicken

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 18 '24

Hmm well done 👏 read the caption and youll find that i was letting my chickens out and found it. Therefore i wondered because it was so close to them, does it have an impact on my birds?

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u/GustavoFromAsdf Jul 18 '24

I was just answering that it's not a chicken. If you think it may harm your chicken, put it in a box and toss it away?

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 18 '24

I was asking what it was… no finite reason to throw it away when it could even benefit the area they live in

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u/GustavoFromAsdf Jul 18 '24

In the same way it could actually be harmful to the environment (remember to destroy apple snail eggs). I have no clue what it is, I know it's not a lot of stuff chicken among them

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 18 '24

I wont destroy apple snail eggs because they are still animals. No matter how invasive they can be, put them in a bucket and place them elsewhere. But never even seen one so thats just a matter of “when it happens, it happens”

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u/GustavoFromAsdf Jul 18 '24

Apple snails are invasive species that carry parasites. Destroying them aids the local ecosystem and the animals living in it

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u/Classic-Impression93 Jul 18 '24

As do the mosquitoes around my pond, and the rats that come in for food etc. i have never seen any before but if i come across any i dont wish to harm them 🤷