Insects as feed for poultry

[3KillerBs]

We used to have a couple bearded dragons and two Dubia colonies to feed them. The chickens LOVED the dubia, but I hated having the colonies in the house. We wound up rehoming the bearded dragons along with their enclosures and dubia colonies to someone already in the hobby, due to my boy not being able to care for them because of health. So no more dubia breeding at my house. Now I just buy the BSFL dried chicken treats but only feed them occasionally due to the cost. They free range my backyard though and I don't have nearly the tick problem now than we did pre-chickens.

Dubia are extremely easy to breed in totes and are better nutrition compared to crickets if someone is interested in starting them. You can just order some feeders from ebay and feed the chicken feed and scraps. You can learn all about raising dubia roaches on youtube.

I can't guarantee, but I might be able to hook people up with a source if my sister's colony did well through the winter.

 

[AGeese]

I wouldn't buy as insects are free.

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

When we first got chickens years ago, our yard was infested with crickets. One year of free ranging cleared that right up.