Making Feed from Japanese Beetles

[Nifty-Chicken]

I don't think I've ever seen japanese beetles, but I watched this video below and it made me think of this thread

Is it true that chickens won't really eat the dead ones?

This seems like a clever solution to that potential problem, no?

 

[Molpet]

I don't think I've ever seen japanese beetles, but I watched this video below and it made me think of this thread

Is it true that chickens won't really eat the dead ones?

This seems like a clever solution to that potential problem, no?

I them in the freezer and they eat them in the winter. I assume the JB are dead since the adults don't over winter..

 

[Sally PB]

I them in the freezer and they eat them in the winter. I assume the JB are dead since the adults don't over winter..

Same here. When I take them JBs in the summer, I announce it by saying, "Bug Snack!" and they gather around me. The bugs are gone in seconds.

When I called "Bug Snack!" in January, they were confused... for about 5 seconds.

 

[saysfaa]

Dead from the beetle trap (like the video guy's chicken wouldn't eat) is different than dead from freezing them, drowning, or squishing them.

I used the traps one summer and also picked them off plants by the multiple hundreds per day. I fed the picked ones fresh (some alive, some dead by squish or drowning) and frozen. The chickens didn't hesitate at any of those.

I didn't even offer the beetles from the traps - they smelled putrid even when I emptied the traps fairly often.

 

[JedJackson]

I don't think I've ever seen japanese beetles, but I watched this video below and it made me think of this thread

Is it true that chickens won't really eat the dead ones?

This seems like a clever solution to that potential problem, no?

I watch this Youtube channel, too, and this video reminded me also about this thread. According to Jake, his chickens won't eat the dead ones, but I believe he and family live where summers get very hot. He said the beetles stink after being in the trap for a bit. I really like the solution he came up with! Brilliant!