Japanese Beetles As Chicken Food

[FlatFenders]

I see lots of ways to trap Japanese Beetles (I have billions and billions) and then feed them to chickens. Some suggest instead of just letting them accumulate in a bag or other device, to let them drop into a pan with soapy water (to keep them from flying away?) and then the chickens can eat them ass they float. I want to make sure that exposing the chickens to soapy water will not be harmful to them as mine seem to drink the plain water as they enjoy the beetles floating around.
How many are doing something like this?
I will cross post this in hopes of getting quick responses.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I wouldn't use soapy water for my birds... in humans it causes diarrhea.

I might consider doing that first and then into the plain water.

Ugh, I dislike Japanese beetles very much. Glad your birds are enjoying them.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Would vegetable oil in the water do the same thing?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Would vegetable oil in the water do the same thing?

I actually wondered that too.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

If you have to use soap, something like Dr Bronners Castile soap would probably be safest. I definitely wouldn't use dishwashing soap.

 

[so lucky]

Just dropping them in plain water disables them enough to keep them in the water till the chickens get them. You can toss a leaf in there and the bugs will all cling to the leaf and each other. A nice ball of bugs.