Worms by coop

[Del Cielo Chickens]

They are a fleshy color and the moist spot is more then 6 inches deep. I will try to get a picture.

 

[cariboujaguar]

I gather a few cups of worms for my hens and roo almost daily, they love them. So far they like grubs, meal worms and earth worms. I haven't tried feeding them pin worms and haven't found anything else...

 

[Cackling Hen]

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wonder if there maggots Please get a pic im curious.........

 

[threehorses]

These are maggots. Do NOT let your chickens eat them when you find them; they carry botulism. Just dig them up, put a little lime in the area to dry it up, put them in a tightly tied plastic bag and throw them away.

 

[threehorses]

Incidentally, don't purposefully feed your chickens earthworms. They carry a lot of parasites. If you want to give them a treat, try mealyworms. They're actually pretty easy to breed, too.

If the chickens eat earthworms, let them find their own.

 

[Cackling Hen]

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Oh No for real i feed mine handfuls for 3 days now???????

 

[threehorses]

They won't die of it. But purposefully doing it can give them the BAD kind of worms.

Just watch their weight, well feel it....you can't really see them get light. If they at all lose weight, worm them with a routine worming.

They'll probably get tons of earthworms during the summer. We just try not to purposefully feed them.

 

[cariboujaguar]

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eek I feed them like crazy too! What do you use to worm chickens, I didn't even think about worming my chickens, now I feel ignorant... I have every kind of horse, goat and cattle wormer just about...

 

[mediazeal]

is this a particular kind of earthworm? What about the red wigglers from my compost?
I was thinking of starting an indoor worm compost bin so I had worms readily available for them.

 

[bigtooks]

~*Sweet Cheeks*~ :

SHOOT - A lot of us PAY for worms to feed to our chickens.

If you didn't kill all of them, take a picture so we can help identify.

Chickens LOVE worms. I pay $2.99 for 50 small meal worms at Petsmart and collect all the earth worms I find to feed to my babies.

try www.grubco.com they might have mealys cheaper

they are actually easy to raise too

take a clear plastic tub with a lid...like shoe box size..drill a whole bunch of little holes in the lid for air

put starter crumbles in the bottom of tub about half inch worth

take an apple or potato and slice it in half length wise and put it cut side up in crumbles

take a piece of newspaper half the size of your tub and lay it on top of crumbles before you put potato or apple in

the newspaper is for cover and the apple/potato is for hydration for mealys/adult beetles

when your mealys go into larvae mode put about 20-30 in the new starter box you just made

they will eventually turn into adult beetles...they will mate...then they will die...then in a few days you will see baby mealys squiggling all around the bottom of the box

once the mealys get a little bit bigger you can put the box in fridge..they will not die but go dormant so they will not mature into beetles so fast..

you can keep breeding and raising mealys after this...heck..you can have a mealy farm year round if you have a place to keep them indoors during winter months..then your chickys will be happy!!

Happy Mealy Farmin!!

Uhh Oh...another addiction!!​