Feeding with mealworms as the only protein source

[WhiteTreeOfGondor]

Our dog is never going to go along with feeding scraps to chickens.

Our pigs would never agree to that either
Though we do manage to sneak a few scraps to the chickens on occasion, it's only enough to count as a rare treat.

 

[raingarden]

I ask because I think I have a pastry deficiency.

 

[BDutch]

Another thread with similar discussions:
Post in thread 'Scratch Grains Vs Mealworms'
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/scratch-grains-vs-mealworms.1505522/post-25260710

 

[BDutch]

now we've left the EU, Defra can and are revisiting a lot of these regulations, so hopefully a more sensible approach will be taken, on kitchen scraps and on insect protein, very soon.

I live in EU, and it’s not forbidden to give kitchen scraps to you’re own backyard chickens! There even is a new brand of chicken feed in the Netherlands that makes feed from left overs from human feed factories.
Dried insects in feeds are not forbidden either. That the meat from slaughter houses and wasted food from restaurants is forbidden in chicken feed is a good thing because it was a hazardous protein source .

 

[Sara S]

Organic Feed is more expensive then regular chicken feed, just to give the heads up.

OMG YES i use organic becuase idk but it’s like $11 more than the normal

 

[BDutch]

Here the organic feed is way more expensive too. But there is a reason for it. The cheap feed contains cheap and poisonous GMO ingredients.
I pay 25 euro for 25 kg organic feed.

 

[Sara S]

Here the organic feed is way more expensive too. But there is a reason for it. The cheap feed contains cheap and poisonous GMO ingredients.
I pay 25 euro for 25 kg organic feed.

OML I don’t pay that much, about 5 dollars less than that for 40 lbs ( 22 euro for 18kg)

 

[Perris]

There even is a new brand of chicken feed in the Netherlands that makes feed from left overs from human feed factories.

that's great news! can you please provide a link to somewhere I can read more about it?

 

[BDutch]

that's great news! can you please provide a link to somewhere I can read more about it?

https://www.evmi.nl/nieuws/circulair-kippenvoer-gemaakt-van-reststromen-uit-voedingsindustrie

First part with google translate:
Kipster markets circular feed for hobby chickens. Nijsen Company makes it from residual flows from the food industry, such as broken crackers, oat shells and leftovers from bakeries. "What does not reach the consumer and that is not wrong with it, is contained in this feed," says Kipster.

Many foods are lost in production for many reasons: a misspelling on the label, baked too long, a slicing machine malfunctioning, and so on. Kipster gives these remains a new purpose. Mixing the right leftovers into a nutritious and safe chicken feed was not easy. Quality assurance in particular proved difficult. "This feed has been preceded by four years of development and experimentation. The complexity of apparently simple recycling makes it a world first."

 

[BDutch]

OML I don’t pay that much, about 5 dollars less than that for 40 lbs ( 22 euro for 18kg)

Is 22 euro for 18 kg correct? Because it equals 30,55 euro for 25 kg. So what I pay ( 25 euro for 25 kg ) is cheaper.