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317070 | 2 months ago

Well, chickens tend to live off insects when you let them roam.

I don't really see how insect powder would be worse than the flour they get now. You don't even need to turn the bugs into a powder.

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shtzvhdx|2 months ago

To be fair, chickens can see and discriminate between insects before putting them in their mouths. Powdered insects preclude that.

Likewise, cows would never eat a carcass cow, but as hamburger mixed with a lot of grass...

ErroneousBosh|1 month ago

> To be fair, chickens can see (insects)

Yes, they do that

> and discriminate between insects

Yeah, they do not do that.

They also eat mice, which I guess came as quite a surprise to the cat that was stalking the mouse, although not half as much as to the mouse.

fc417fc802|2 months ago

Indeed we already feed them insects and we don't powder them. You can purchase bags of dried meal worms at the feed store. The carcasses are fully intact.