Chicks' Unusual Feast: Removing a Hornet Nest 

"I use a racket to swat the worker hornets as they come out of the nest." This man really substitutes insecticides for BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. That's so raw.

The way he slapped the hornet with the saw thing was funny

Fascinating to see the stages between larvae and adult hornets, and how your chickens are instinctively careful about the insects with warning stripes but eat the white ones.

I know it’s standard procedure, but the idea of someone opening your freezer to look for food and finding an entire hornet’s nest is really funny

It's wonderful to see the chickens getting their meal, but also there is something hilarious and terrifying about the sense that this guy really just squared up to a hornet's next with nothing but a Tennis Racket and won.

Love how the moment the chickens realize they can eat these they just start swarming

It's 6 AM, an I am watching chickens eating hornet larvae.

7:35 It's hilarious how the chicks all stood back, stared and went quiet when you first placed it in. Just waiting for one of them to take the chance to go at it 🤣

I adore how politely he refers to the hornets and larvae as 'onee-san'

The hornets are terrifying but the way the chickens reacted after they all decided they found something edible is also frightening. I imagine this is what dinosaurs acted like

The part with the neighbor was so funny! "Ma'am, please go inside for your own safety. I'm smacking a hornet nest."

I love how this man's only equipment for this removal is just a beesuit, a net, a saw, and a badminton racket

I could watch Silkie Chickens all day 😂 the noises are too cute!!!!!

2:38 im sorry but that last slap before he took the nest down was hilarious

Usually chickens don't eat "hard insects" like wasp, those take time to digest, but larvae and bland insects like crikets or roaches, those can do

that slight panic at 3:04 when the net get stuck on a nail🙃

Everyone in America hates those things too. I bought a large cargo truck & was driving it home during the Winter. As I was driving the truck started warming up for the first time since Fall, hornets started hatching. Needless to say, the trip back to my house was an interesting one.

For as scary as they may seem, hornets can build the most amazing nest. It has its own beauty in a sense, the patterns and layers design I guess we can call it natural art !!

Hardcore badminton

Quite interesting to see one of the most docile and gentle chickens devouring such feared insect.

That was both horrific and adorable! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and work!

Amazing how you stayed calm when the net got stuck after the nest fell in. I would have screamed.

Your Silkies are so cute! I love raising Silkies. They're so peaceful at that age with their soft chirping noises

The way he's going soooo slow to close the net and then get it into the plastic bag......killed me! I'm yelling must go faster....faster....faster!

as a canadian who would love to visit japan.. the sound they make bouncing off your tennis racket is the most terrifying sound ive ever heard... as a teenager my friends and I were being attacked by a black hornets nest so we lit it on fire and dissected it after, I wish I'd had a chance to pull the larvae and pupae out to look at them but they liquified.... the city employees tasked to remove it were very happy though!!

Imagine going to work and the multi-story house is just gone when you come back.

It’s awesome how the pupae provide food in many ways.

The fact that those things make a pretty audible sound when they hit the wall after being swatted is kinda terrifying.

The way they all started happily peeping once they realized it was treats! 🐥

your so thoughtful to consider giving them to your chickens they love eating larvae and its quite healthy for them im so glad you took them into consideration that they could have a nice snack from it

My goodness. The sound those hornets made as you hit them Pt of the air was like you hit a golf ball out of the air!

I raised the same kind of silkies and they're absolutely lovely pest control. Mine would hang around at my elbows while helping my mom in the garden and eat up all the grasshoppers, slugs, snails, and anything else we stirred up while weeding. Once they had full bellies, they were pretty content to settle in my lap for a nap in the sunshine. ♥

I love how skeptical my chickens are every time I give them something besides their pellet feed lol. It doesn’t even have to be something new…like pumpkin for instance, they get that all throughout fall/winter, yet they act like their world has been turned upside down every single time 😂. Is one of your babies a crossbeak?

Those silkies ate like kings that day

When he took the wasps out at 6:05 I was disgusted but it was SUUUPER interesting! I learned something new today

The hornet removal was full of suspense but the silkie chickens healed my soul

What a great treat for the chicks! I'm glad you didn't throw away the nest. The larvae are excellent food for pet reptiles and birds or even as fish bait. Fish love them too.

I remember being in Kyoto Japan on top of a mountain enjoying the view. I heard a loud buzzing sound. Louder than a bee. It was the exact hornets in the video. And honestly the one I saw was much more bigger. Me and my girlfriend booked it so fast. It was the scariest insect I’ve ever seen.

I never knew that Hornets only eat a substance produced by their larva, I always assumed they ate the insects that they hunt. Thank you for the video

The biggest hornets that I've ever seen was in Japan in Kyoto. When I saw them, I was shocked and fascinated at the same time. They looked 2 or 3 times bigger than the hornets in America, and the colors seems very bright.

Silkie Chicks: OOOH! Bonbons with a creamy center!

1:10 Wii Sports Tennis music would have sent me to orbit

Such cute squeaky poodle 🐩 birds you got

pro badminton player

This man has balls of steel and my full respect.

6:21 thanks for the real life example of the development of wasps! (Learning animal physiology here)

That nest was so beautiful with its layers! I've always thought wasps and hornets are so interesting, but living in someone's shed is not a good place for them to be.

Wasp and hornet larva are some of the best panfish bait you can get. If kept in a paper bag in the refrigerator, they stay alive but don't develop much. Once they cap over the bait quality is less.

This is so unhinged in the calmest way possible

6:25 "Sugoi desu ne." Lols he said that right as I was wondering why the hell it is bugs are so creepy but also fascinating at the same time. For those of you who don't know, "sugoi" roughly translates to "incredible, amazing" in English. Him adding "desu ne" after it is almost like when we say "pretty cool huh?" Haha

The nest is really quite beautiful to look at.

I love how they fight over the larvae in pure sibling fashion. Its so cute!

Skill is everywhere in this person's grace

The chickens are so cute😊

Video was amazing. Both the removal as well as larvaes development presentation really brought my attention.

I don't quite know how I got from funny cats to here, but love it! The chicks are adorable and the hornet information educational, great video!

I feel kinda sad for the returning workers

I walked into my dads shed onetime and loomed up to the ceiling and spotted a wasp nest with at least 10 wasps on it. They all turned in unison to look at me. I left my dads shed. Lol

The audible thunks of the hornets hitting the walls or floor after being swatted is impressive.

My man was like SeBeeNa Williams with that racket. I'll see myself out

I remember these from childhood in Japan. When we moved to the States, everyone screamed about wasps and hornets (Florida…). I saw their yellow jackets and just laughed…

The removal of the nest is cruel, but necessary. You deserve to live peacefully without being stung by social insects. Aarre Peltomaa of Mississauga, Ontario

I find this stuff so fascinating that hornets can survive a freezer but basically are in suspended animation as they warm up they slowly move more

Fascinating! I like that doing it this way the pupae are not wasted and can feed your chickens.

The hornet's nest is so beautiful and it's structure is so complex, this is fascinating!

1:56 LOL! I rewound that 100 times.

The first time I have ever saw one was about 8 years ago in my house, in a very leafy part of London. The thing was huge, I could clearly see its eyes 6 meters away, if you are use to tiny insects, nothing prepares you for it.

The way I flinched when the hornet flew at the camera 😱

Thank you for uploading! This was very interesting to see, especially the different stages of development of the larvae and pupae in the nest. And those chicks are adorable!

the badminton racket 🤣🤣🤣🤣

silkies are such sweet balls of fluff

I know that this is off of the topic of hornets but I love that he included English captions in the video, it was very satisfying to understand his language!

*4:30** This was pretty fascinating.*

9:15 THEY SPRINTED AS FAST AS THEY COULD

The marbling on this thing is beautiful.

When I saw those silkie chicks I just thought awww~ they're so cute and I want to hug them. They're happy chirps are adorable.

Those chicks are going to be SUCH beautiful chickens!

Wow, these hornets have some weight on them. You can tell by the thump, when he hits them with that racket.

Thank you for your interesting videos. I always learn something new and nice. Thank you for your hard work and for English subtitles. ❤

1:03 Good forehand, solid technique, swift reflexes.

Nature is amazing. From the dangerous hornets to the restless youngsters.

This was super fascinating. The chicks are also gorgeous.

i love how the dinosaur instinct kicking in

You Japanese folks are very brave to fight hornets that big with a racket, here we have much smaller ones and are absolutely terrified of them. I guess its normal to have monster wasps/hornets but still, very brave

Hmmm. Interesting. We have chickens at home as well. And while we never had hornets to feed them, there was a certain bug, adult and probably about as large as one of those hornets, which they gladly gobbled up. Me and my father were digging up some earth in their place to use as fertilizer and there was this specific insect, which had thick legs at the front, probably used to dig. They looked really interesting and there were a ton of them, so the chickens got to feast.

Hornet shuttlecocks😂

I can't believe how big they are, I'd freak out if they came near me. I don't even live in Japan.

When he hits the hornets with the racket sounds like he’s playing ping pong 😂

the pattern on the nest is mesmerizing

Thank you for sharing this. I am a world away from you, and learning so much! I also love your chockens! they are so cute. Hello from Canada!

I have learn more about wasps in 10 minutes than I have in the last 10 years

Ok but are those small chickens so cute

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! so far your video shows a humane way of disposing such pests even if they are necessary for the ecosystem to thrive. This is video especially resonates w me more because you actually showed the different stages from larvae to pupae then to adult! SO FASCINATING! and the part where you feed your chickies to see their reaction to the different stages of the hornets life was so interesting i just had to comment about! Keep it up my g! youre doing great with these vids!

Thank you for the educational video, your expertise in bees really shines through. Look forward to more videos with inter-species interaction

the way they mimic the larger hornet is brilliant

bruh said ima give venus and serena a run for they money😭

I like the two peeking out from the entrance of the hive, it's like they are watching you to see what you are going to do

This man’s form is impeccable

The way this guy takes out a hornets nest is the most Japanese thing I’ve seen! Everywhere else we use sprays, smoke, vacuums, fire, gasoline! He just stands there and uses the age old fly swatter!

My man really froze the hornets