Hey all,
In this months (Aug/Sept 2010) Organic Gardening magazine, there is a short article about managing grasshoppers (p.71) that states as one strategy:
In this months (Aug/Sept 2010) Organic Gardening magazine, there is a short article about managing grasshoppers (p.71) that states as one strategy:
Encourage predators. [chickens] can eat as many as 2 pounds of insects per day.
That stuck me as interesting since searching through the forum, the consensus that chickens will, in general, average about 4-5 oz. of feed per day.
Any thoughts as to why there is a 1.5+ pound difference between bugs and feed?
----- Ed
That stuck me as interesting since searching through the forum, the consensus that chickens will, in general, average about 4-5 oz. of feed per day.
Any thoughts as to why there is a 1.5+ pound difference between bugs and feed?
----- Ed