Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

I never knew mealworms were chicken feed.

Always thought chicken feed was ground up corn

I'm looking at chicken in a different way now, after seeing this website.

I'm not a chicken farmer so I don't know.

I guess chickens will eat anything.

1 posted on 06/19/2023 6:52:30 PM PDT by DallasBiff
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-29 last
To: DallasBiff

When I first read the start of the headline, I thought Bill Gates and company were pushing more crapola.

My preference would be a large, aged, BEEF ribeye, with plenty of mushrooms. Ship all the insect meals to New York, San Francisco, etc.


52 posted on 06/19/2023 8:29:24 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

traditional animal and plant food will be restricted in the name of the climate crisis

and will become very expensive

bugs will be the only affordable option for many

bugs are yummy
shut up and get on the bus
you will own nothing and be happy...OR ELSE!!

they promise the jetsons
you get the flintstones


58 posted on 06/19/2023 8:38:49 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

Oh chickens like worms and wiggly things. My cousin once held a hatchling snake by their chicken coop and the hens all came up to try to catch it. Which they did and had at it. They also eat their eggs when tossed In To them. They eat lots of stuff Like the goats and pigs do.


60 posted on 06/19/2023 8:44:21 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

Our one remaining chicken Henrietta starts complaining about 9:00AM every morning until I walk out and give her a handful of meal worms.


64 posted on 06/19/2023 9:22:49 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

Isn’t this what they want us to eat?


67 posted on 06/19/2023 10:57:32 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

They make great animal food for Chickens and aquaculture fish in the pond. And if you were like me as a kid, aquarium fish and lizards we would catch.


68 posted on 06/19/2023 11:38:24 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

I love the meal worms. In the afternoon, I entice my girls to head into the coop by just shaking the bag. They come running from every corner of the property. Meal worms are like candy to chickens.


69 posted on 06/20/2023 3:08:17 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

Birds eat worms. I see that in my back yard every morning.


72 posted on 06/20/2023 5:07:04 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: DallasBiff

Chickens are omnivores...they will pretty much eat ANYTHING!

Dried mealworms are what I give my ladies when they give me a full day’s lay (seven hens = seven eggs). Also, it is a nice treat when I am swapping feed brands because their regular brand is sold out. Mix those in with the feed and they will eat the feed to get to the next layer of worms!


73 posted on 06/20/2023 6:07:06 AM PDT by ExTxMarine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-29 last

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson