Feeding chickens Gypsy Moth Caterpillars

[Altairsky]

Chickens are incredible pest destroyer. We have non-native pests that are devastating our cultures, like tent caterpillars, Asian stink bugs and Japanese beetles. My chickens free range and they eat all of these pests like French pastry. I used a lot less pesticides after I allowed chickens in my vegetable garden. Yes they eat a tomato here and there, but they earn it.

 

[cordell bowman]

Chickens are incredible pest destroyer. We have non-native pests that are devastating our cultures, like tent caterpillars, Asian stink bugs and Japanese beetles. My chickens free range and they eat all of these pests like French pastry. I used a lot less pesticides after I allowed chickens in my vegetable garden. Yes they eat a tomato here and there, but they earn it.

Thanks for your post. I am specifically asking about gypsy moth caterpillars (now called spongy moth caterpillars). Some say these caterpillars are toxic to chickens.

 

[Altairsky]

Thanks for your post. I am specifically asking about gypsy moth caterpillars (now called spongy moth caterpillars). Some say these caterpillars are toxic to chickens.

I have no control over what my chickens eat when they free range. Usually they don't eat known poisonous insects like potato beetles, red stinkbugs, wasps and they ignore poisonous plants like potato and tomato leaves, stramonium, delphinum etc. I'd trust the chickens when they're around bugs, not so when they're around styrofoam, nails, screws or rubber bands.