Chickens love mealworms

What a great flock you have there, and nice idea.
I once grew worms, I read a book called "Worms Eat My Garbage". (it's a composting book)

I think it would be quite easy.

You might also like the chicken-raising books by Harvey Ussery. I'm trying to remember if he grew worms for his all-natural flock.

At Polyface farm (the farmer there is another really neat author) they raise meat animals and take them from pasture to pasture. When they move the meat animals on, they bring in the "chicken tractor" so that the birds eat the worms and maggots that have come in to eat the manure left behind by the meat animals. Now that right there is using nature to do your work!

Last Edited by Eilonwy on 01/21/2019 09:53 AM

Had a few chickens myself. I had 2 hens that totally loved mealworms - though a hunk of watermelon didn't last too long either.

Last one was a rooster that wondered into the yard on a rainy day .. He was pretty cool .. more finicky an eater than the girls. I'd say his favs were spaghetti or low main ... actually mis that lil` dude.

Doesn't stop me from eating them though ; )

Nice flock!

I've got a mealworm farm going for mine, saving some money over buying bags of dried worms. The key is investing in good quality oats, otherwise major mite infestation

That’s good info

My ladies come running when I shake the bag lol

Haha that's how I usually get mine back into the pen if its before dusk and i'm ready to shut them in for the night.

Yes, my wife uses that method

Ours love watermelon

Ditto, lol

Here in the PNW we have an overabundance of slugs. If you cut the slugs up into manageable sizes, the chickens will get used to eating them, then you can simply toss whole slugs into your coop...or if they range for the day, they will find them. Takes awhile though.

Our chickens love them as well. Just fed them some as a matter of fact.

They have come to recognize the color of the bag. We feed them with a few different colored bags and when they see red, it's on...

Mine love their Mealworm treats too...

My Chickens also enjoy unsalted shelled peanuts, (you have to partially open them, or crack them first).

Grubs are O.K., Crickets - not so much.

Mine are spoiled little brats...

Their day consists of foraging, eating, lounging around the radio, listening to Opera, Bluegrass, and Symphony music.
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Never thought of a radio for them

Yes they like music.

I mentioned this once before here on GLP...

I'm a channel surfer, and when I work outside I noticed certain stations I listened to fascinated the Chickens.

My observations of their behavior indicated Opera, Bluegrass (Old Time Show), and Symphony music as their favorites...

Pop, Rock, R&B, Jazz, Rap, or anything else they are not interested in.

That’s very interesting, we may try it sometime.

Check out the BSFL videos if you want to see something interesting. Black soldier fly larvae generators.

had some baby chicks i found fed them for 1 week baby food then my cat snuck in the garage and ate them all.

Another good use for radio is you can use it to keep predators away. When I have had to leave for a few days and can't be there to lock them up at night (they free range) I set up a radio on a timer in or near the coop. I set it to come on at night on a talk radio station. I figure human voice would be more of a deterrent to nighttime predators than opera or elevator music. A light coming on near the coop would work also as long as your hens don't decide to come out because of the light!

The cat thought you bought it some kitty treats.

They love long stringy pasta.
When we were snowed in and couldn't get feed for weeks on end, I'd supplement with pasta to keep them entertained and make sure the feed managed to last.

Smart thinking

So does my bearded dragon

crack for chickens.

My quails love them too.

Wonderful mix of chickens & love those ducks!

Thanks, the ducks are funny