Slugs

[Grandmas Coop]

Do chickens like slugs???????

 

[RileyCalanchini]

Yes! Chickens will eat any kind of moving bug or slimy insect. (makes their eggs taste better)

 

[TheEggCollecter]

I have many slugs in my garden and not one of my chickens will eat them. Although, my ducks slurp them down.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I have tossed twice now a slug for my month old chicks and they wont touch it. They have found a worm or 2 and went nuts on it.

 

[TheEggCollecter]

I have tossed twice now a slug for my month old chicks and they wont touch it. They have found a worm or 2 and went nuts on it.

Yes, same here. My chickens wouldn't dare eat a slug but last night we had sever rainstorms and I let my hens out in the morning. There was feeding frenzy on the driveway, sadly to say there were no worm survivors.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

nice job

 

[yyz0yyz0]

I have tossed twice now a slug for my month old chicks and they wont touch it. They have found a worm or 2 and went nuts on it.

give them time, they will probably learn to love them. I fed my chicks worms and they went nuts for them, several months later they would not tough worms. Now they kill for worms, go figure.

 

[granjasas]

Do chickens like slugs??????? 

We trap slugs in little bead dishes using the cheapest beer we could find. Slugs love beer. They get drunk and drown. Drain the beer off in the morning--the chicks love marinated slug.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I have been keeping a pot on the porch and every morning I gather slugs on my way the coop

 

[buckbye]

We trap slugs in little bead dishes using the cheapest beer we could find. Slugs love beer. They get drunk and drown. Drain the beer off in the morning--the chicks love marinated slug.

Great idea? But what are "little bead dishes?"