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Eat them if they get chance. Badgers are omnivores, and chickens
are
not safety conscious especially at this time of year. They lay and
brood secret clutches of eggs at ground level, an easy target for
badgers and foxes with young to feed.

Janet

So much for the NFBG's statement that they eat "earthworms and insect
larvae"! OK they did say 'most of the time' but there's a bit of a
step between an earthworm and a chicken.

Badgers do eat earthworms and insect larvae, probably most days,
(because those foods are virtually always available). But that's far
from the sum total of their diet. They also eat fruit, (but because
that's only available seasonally, it wouldn't be described as "most of
the time") roots, seeds, frogs, baby mice and rabbits, the eggs and
nestlings of ground nesting birds, roadkill, and bread and scraps thrown
out for birds.

Aren't they also the main enemy of hedgehogs?


They are the main predator of hedgehogs, but hedgehogs have no enemies
except for some humans.