Stink bugs and eggs

[Chick Norris]

A lot of people are talking about their chickens eating up their stink bugs. Does this negatively impact the egg flavour at all?

Thanks.

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[chkinut]

i would love to know the answer to this! good question! wish i could answer it for you! when i was kid in Ohio, our chickens would eat stinkbugs and i don't remember the eggs tasting any different. but i'm 42 now, that was quite some time ago and my memory may be fading!

i have yet to see a stinkbug here in NC though! weird! i remember my pet chickens (when i was a teen) having "stink-bug" breath!

 

[pinkwindsong]

my mom and I are on the same 22 acs and she has stink bugs and I dont.. weird I know. my girls would love to eat some Im sure..
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[Uzuri]

Yours actually EAT stink bugs? Mine poke them a few times and then head for something else.

Which is a real shame, since we're having serious problems with the brown marmorated stink bugs in this area. I was hoping they'd help clean them out of the garden for me.

 

[Chick Norris]

My three dogs also get stink-bug breath! I never really thought about my chickens getting all up in my face enough to smell their breath though. I'm sure I'll find out soon enough!

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[7L Farm]

My girls don't do stink bugs.

 

[Chick Norris]

"Hannakat" says that stink bugs don't affect the eggs at all. I'm really new to the forum so I don't know how to quote something from a different thread yet, if that is indeed possible.

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