feeding snails and slugs?

[the-bird-man]

is it okay to feed chickens snails and slugs? i think i read it was not good for them but i am not sure. we have tons of snails here and if its okay i would like to feed the girls some. i would break them open for them

 

[farmergirl96]

Chickens can eat whatever wild thing they choose to eat, and it shouldn't hurt them. My chickens eat frogs and lizards, and I feed them snails and slugs all the time.
-Hydrangea

 

[JulieNKC]

If they will eat them they can have them. Mine won't touch them, but my ducks gobble them up.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

My ducks love snails.

 

[the-bird-man]

okay good! i did feed a slug to one of them and she loved it. it seemed like i read something saying it is bad but i was not sure. this is going to be a good free food source then

 

[kaankboom]

It might be dangourous because the slug might of had poison

 

[OldGuy43]

It might be dangourous because the slug might of had poison

But the same can be said for anything(!) they eat or drink. You can't be paranoid about it.

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

I let my girls eat them. I pull a board up off the ground and let them.go at it. Then again my girls caught and fought over a mouse.

 

[Frannabelle]

Think 100 years ago, I bet chickens age slugs and snails by the pound.

Funny story about my dog. Long before I had chickens, I used to put shallow containers filled with beer in my garden and yard as a way to control slugs. As you may know, slugs are attracted to beer, crawl into the container and drown in the beer. I look over one day, and there's my Chessie, having her own version of Escargot, slugs in beer sauce. Yum!