Yes they are fed to chickens as a protein source, some people make their own chicken feed with them as well. The upside is that they breed very fast and can be fed table scraps, no odor (unlike crickets) can not fly or climb, if they got out they would die within 24 hours. This breed is not...
I don't mean to open up an old thread, I just noticed there were some questions that went unanswered and wanted to make this thread complete as it was the first thread to show up in Google.
A good ratio to buy for these Dubia roaches are 3:1 (3 females to 1 male). Telling the gender is also...
I'm a new member on this board and as a beginner chickeneer/farmer I was surprised by all the superstition that surrounds this topic. I hear it everyday from religious people, psychics, witches, ghost hunters, palm readers, etc. I was thinking, maybe raising chickens I can get back to the basics...