Hens HATE Soldier Flies?

[miiichaelnielsen]

I bought a huge bag of those soldier fly larvae treats for them and none of my girls act even remotely interested in them. I've tried both dry and rehydrating them with no avail.

What gives? I thought they be going crazy over them.

I'm mostly just curious if anyone else has had this experience?

 

[Mtnchickenmom]

I bought a huge bag of those soldier fly larvae treats for them and none of my girls act even remotely interested in them. I've tried both dry and rehydrating them with no avail.

What gives? I thought they be going crazy over them.

I'm mostly just curious if anyone else has had this experience?

I would just keep offering them as treats my hens didn’t like them much when I first introduced them but now they love them

 

[Vickischics]

I once bought dehydrated mealworms. My girls pecked at them and walked away.
I tried and tried to offer the dry stinky things to no avail.
I said, well girls! I don't blame you, they stink and are only the casings.
I'll buy you the ones that are alive...they gobbled them up.

 

[Old Dixie Pines]

I would just keep offering them as treats my hens didn’t like them much when I first introduced them but now they love them

I had the same experience - now mine go crazy over them!

 

[baysidechicks]

Two of mine will eat the dried mealworms, the other two turn up their beaks at them now although they all loved them as babies, I fed them crushed up ones from my hand. They all go crazy for the live ones. Once this bag of dried ones is gone, I'm not getting any more. They'd rather have roaches and blueberries anyway.

 

[perkolator]

Mine go crazy over them, but I don’t give them to them all the time or by itself. Usually mixed in with scratch grains, they pick out the grubs first of course. I buy the huge 11lb bag off Amazon which seems to last a few months.
This summer been giving mine fresh BSF grubs out of a little Rubbermaid tub setup I raise them in and they almost fight over those

 

[MNnative]

My lizard won't eat the dried ones either. I some times just crumble them up on top of his other food. Still gets nutritional benefit of them - lots of protein and calcium! I still offer them though. Maybe eventually he will realize they are the same thing he is getting with greens and that he likes the taste. He loves the live BSFL though!

 

[Chickassan]

Mine are feathery pigs and won't touch dried soldier flies.
I don't blame them, they kind of look like poop.