Re: black widows & wasps

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Chickens certainly will eat any spiders they come across, including black 
widows....but black widows are almost never out and around, but stay in 
dark, quiet, hidden places most of the time. This is why they are vulnerable 
to reptiles such as alligator lizards and skinks....critters that also spend 
most of their time hidden, roaming those dark spots, and not out in the open 
like say, a bluebelly fence lizard.

By the way, it is entirely possible to go out in the country and catch some 
of these types of lizards and then bring them back and release them in your 
own yard...and almost always they will hang around. Cats however will kill 
them.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mitch Shirts" <mitch@theMulch.com>
To: "'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'" 
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Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] black widows & wasps

>I really appreciate all of this information, thank you.
>
> I have another question, please remember I'm one of those "city slickers",
> what about chickens? Would they eat the black widows? Our area has 
> recently
> changed the city codes for "urban chickens" and it's easier to keep them
> now.
>
> Thanks
> Mitch Shirts
> Founder
> www.theMulch.com
> 858 248 0414
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