Japanese Beetles

[Equus5O]

So, I took a pail with some water in it and went around to the Japanese Beetle traps. I emptied each bag into the pail. Then I dumped the contents of the pail into the chicken run.

Feeding frenzy!!

 

[marytoast]

My DD does that with the "night" beetles. She places a bucket under our light and in the morning she goes out and gives the chickens the buggy treat. The chickens love it!

 

[eggsited chickens]

Don't the Beetle traps have some sort of poison in them to kill the bugs or not? I thoought they did, but I never used them. If so, wouldn't that be bad for the chickens?

 

[Equus5O]

Quote:
A bait above the bag lures the beetles. The bait is a scent attractant. The beetles drop down into the bag, and can't get out. They're still alive in the bag, for a time. They don't ingest, or come into contact with, any poison.

 

[mulewagon]

Has anybody tried just putting the scent attractant into the chicken pen? I thought about doing that next year -- maybe the chickens wouldn't even have to be let out to get the bugs!