Would chickens eat termites??

[jerseygirl1]

Curious, I've seen my chickens eat from the stump of an old willow tree, and just curious if they are eating crickets, or would they eat them?

 

[tamlynn]

The only bug/crawly thing I have seen my chickens avoid is snails, slugs and pillbugs or sowbugs. I don't think they would pass up termites!

 

[PortageGirl]

I've heard they do, but I can't say for sure.

Mine eat miner bees from their holes, ants at their nest, and I've seen them snap mosquitos out of the air, so I'd guess they would!

 

[Matt A NC]

Some Chickens love termites. Some love Pill Bugs, Crickets, bettles, and just anything else that moves.

The more birds you have, the more chance that at least 1 will eat whatever bug/etc that you find. I even have 2 ladies that love those nasty slugs.

Matt

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

YES! They love them. We go around cutting pines down on our property and we will leave them to dry so we can pile up a huge bon fire. Termites invade them by the bizillions and I will peel off some of the wood and my chicks will go nuts!

 

[erijn5]

We were cleaning up an old wood pile, and they chickens were just waiting for us to lift it up to eat them. They love them!

Yuck!