My chickens don't like worms!

[ZaneyMama]

How can I get them to enjoy them? Their favorite treat is still bread crusts... I'll collect worms from the yard and give them to them, or show them a worm I see in the ground, but they don't want to eat them!

 

[tammyd57]

If worms are new to them, and they are young, they might not recognize them as food yet. It might take a few tries but they will eventually get it!

 

[feathersnuggles]

Mine didn't, when they were chicks, either. They've just turned 1 year, and most now love them. But I still have one little hen who prefers not to get too near an earthworm. However...show her a mealworm and her whole body wriths with delight.

 

[LeahOregon]

My girls didn't "get" that worms were good eating until they were about 5 months old. Then one of them discovered the pleasure of a wormy snack. The others observed for a while, then decided for themselves that worms were yummy.