All those who live in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and south Texas can have high-protein treats every day for free. (I am in E Tenn and this will not work for me.)
Here is how: Just place a piece of sheet metal in chicken run. At dusk when it is time for lock-down, take a tablespoon or two of cheap corn syrup and cover the metal. Might be best to warm it up and use a brush to apply evenly. In the AM, your girls will discover a tasty treat of palmetto bugs stuck on the sheet metal. Yum-yum! After the first day, they will stampede out to the run to see how many they can eat before their fellow-chooks get them. Free high protein and bound to cut your feed bill too.
Another thing that should work is to put a pile of mulched chopped leaves or mix with compost to depth of 4 to 6" and maybe 6 to8 ft across for palmetto bugs to hide in . After it is well populated (a few days) Kick it open while the chooks are standing there and they will quickly get the idea.
Here is how: Just place a piece of sheet metal in chicken run. At dusk when it is time for lock-down, take a tablespoon or two of cheap corn syrup and cover the metal. Might be best to warm it up and use a brush to apply evenly. In the AM, your girls will discover a tasty treat of palmetto bugs stuck on the sheet metal. Yum-yum! After the first day, they will stampede out to the run to see how many they can eat before their fellow-chooks get them. Free high protein and bound to cut your feed bill too.
Another thing that should work is to put a pile of mulched chopped leaves or mix with compost to depth of 4 to 6" and maybe 6 to8 ft across for palmetto bugs to hide in . After it is well populated (a few days) Kick it open while the chooks are standing there and they will quickly get the idea.
