OMG HELP MAGGOTS!!!

[Justino]

are maggots bad to have in the coop where they sleep? the maggots are under a T shirst i put in there and the hens sleep on it

 

[countrygirl4513]

eeewww!!! Maggots are terrible!! And if they are there now, if a chick should get injured they will be on them in a heartbeat. And you don't want to have to pick them off one by one like I had to when my girls got hurt. I'd rid the chicks of them straight away. Get some straw or something for them to sleep on.

 

[Justino]

then how do i do it!?!?!?OMG im scared for my chickens! and me for having to do it

 

[rooster-red]

Let the chickens eat most of them, then clean the coop to be rid of them.

 

[jjthink]

It's strange that they are there in the first place. I'd be inclined to get rid of them and put fresh bedding down. Check your birds to make sure there isn't a wound somewhere, thus explaining why the maggots might be in the neighborhood.
JJ

 

[Justino]

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R u sure!?!?is this true everyone?

 

[MTtroutwithwings]

Absolutely! Maggots are nothing more than fly larvae and chickens love em! I occasionally will go to the pet store and buy an container of meal worms as a special treat but learned early not to feed by hand, they tore me up trying to get to them!

 

[Justino]

so i should let them eat them? but i thought maggots are parasites!lets have a vote: should i let them eat them? ten votes and at end, whichever has more, ill do

 

[MTtroutwithwings]

1 vote for letting them chow down!

 

[akcskye]

My grandma used to always warn me of not letting maggots near my chickens, and not allow me to let them eat them.

But, unfortunately, she passed away in 2006, so I can't ask her why not.

I just know she stressed how bad it was...but I don't know if she meant because wounds could get infected or if consumption could hurt them.