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See the attached link re Blister Beetles from poultrydvm.com:
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition...es are insects from,chickens and can be fatal.
I would like this group's thoughts on how you eradicate your blister beetles? I have looked through the forums and see comments like "I'd rather have blister beetles over grasshoppers," and "chickens eat bugs," -- but I don't see any articles in this forum about the toxicity issues of chickens ingesting these beetles. I have a lot of them in my yard and I want to get rid of them, but would like a non-toxic method that won't harm my chickens.
This dvm article discusses the "sudden death" of a chicken which can point to blister beetles, so I can't help but wondering about many of these posts "some times chickens just die" or "I came out to my coop this morning and my favorite chicken was dead" ----- has anyone on this forum really looked at blister beetles as the culprit? If so, how did you eradicate them? Thanks.
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition...es are insects from,chickens and can be fatal.
I would like this group's thoughts on how you eradicate your blister beetles? I have looked through the forums and see comments like "I'd rather have blister beetles over grasshoppers," and "chickens eat bugs," -- but I don't see any articles in this forum about the toxicity issues of chickens ingesting these beetles. I have a lot of them in my yard and I want to get rid of them, but would like a non-toxic method that won't harm my chickens.
This dvm article discusses the "sudden death" of a chicken which can point to blister beetles, so I can't help but wondering about many of these posts "some times chickens just die" or "I came out to my coop this morning and my favorite chicken was dead" ----- has anyone on this forum really looked at blister beetles as the culprit? If so, how did you eradicate them? Thanks.