It is fascinating that the farm production of insects is much less resource consuming than soybeans. It's actually striking to me. I love learning new information and sometimes come across a golden nugget of information such as yours. Thanks!
I did a lot of research before I got my girls and they are being fed food that is black soldier fly larvae protein based. It's definitely not cheap and I'm lucky that I'm able to do this. I do hope that more and more people start demanding this kind of protein for our chicken food because that's how we move markets.
Fantastic video! Informative and so well researched. I binge watched all of your videos before getting my chickens. Thank you so much for all the work you put into your content.
Thanks for the great videos. In addition to the tips, it is always a pleasure to see the love and benefits of raising animals in an ethical and sustainable way. A very big kiss from Portugal.
My girls come running when I tap the bug zapper in their run. They clamor around my feet as I empty/strain and refill their safe fly traps. It is quite smelly with the bait liquid, but they will gobble up those thousands of flies in only a few minutes. I do supplement treats with a handful or two of dried mealworms when there’s no flies and during winter months. I failed twice raising mealworms. It’s just too dry here in the desert. Thank you for another informative video!
That's interesting. Compost worms are usually red worms or tiger worms, not the big pale earthworms from the garden. My chickens have refused to eat the compost worms, although they love garden worms.
I learn so much from your channel! No doubt from me that chicken love their bugs! I hadn’t really thought about the nutritional aspect though. Thanks for all the work putting these videos together!
We'll be having cicadas this year. Does anybody have any experience in processing them to save for feed in the winter? It has to be fairly simple. Not freezing; that would take up too much freezer space.
Wow, @Chickens in my garden, I have just discovered your channel while searching a proper educational one on how to raise chicken before getting mine 😍. I am so happy I found yours! I really like your videos! Very informative, well researched and so clearly explained! I wish your channel grows bigger! I think this type of content must be more spread as lot of misinformation and misunderstandings on how to raise chickens (and other pets!) are around! Thank you again for your high quality videos 🙏👏🐔
our kids says that scorpions in our garden are like ice cream for our chickens :) never thought growing insects but good to have the idea that you can actually grew your own.. thanks! we free range 14 chikens, 1 rooster and this summer we got 5 chiks hatch in the garden.. thank you for all your videos , i learn somethings (well, a lot) every time. Greeting from Israel. thanks.
@Any A Ha! Double duty. Protecting your kids from bites AND giving them healthy eggs. What a novel way to get rid of those nasty critters. Anyone who has ever been bitten by one would agree. What state do you live in? Chickens are wonderful.
@@Mary.Mercedes hey, Israel a very very small country, so its like just Israel, no states in it.. in northen side , in the galilee mountains region. we have tons of scorpions here, and the chickens are the best, or only, solution, because we have 3 dogs and 3 cats we dont wont to use pesticides, chickens are the best, real life dinosaurs in the garden :)
@@chickensinmygarden When you do the thumbnail, be sure to use a picture of a monster from the movies or something really gross. Have to be sensational once in a whlie to get people to click.
I've been thinking that maybe people who are attracted to clicking on the video with that title will not be people who would like my style and content.
@@chickensinmygarden Yes, probably the majority. However, I think you would still pick up thousands of new subs also in time. Most of us don't like "click bait" of course... but you deliver a valuable channel that should be seen by many of the chicken keepers and wannabees. And just imagine if it goes viral and you make money from it eventually.
@Chickens in my garden the thumbnail is great !!! When you watch your content of the video it's exactly what your thumbnail is hyping you up for. Never doubt your yourself hun. I watched alot of your videos and they are on point 👍. I can see how much work you put into them as well !!! Amazing job hun 🥰
Awesome video. I currently supplement my flocks diet with soldier flu grubs. I buy it, but you have inspired me to possibly farm my own. Time to research and dive in. Thanks for the info.
I buy from Scratch and Peck feeds here in the US. It's organic, ,non-GMO, corn and soy free and the layer pellets contain BSF. My hens are young (just started laying) they free range all day as well.
Excellent! I'm so glad that some manufacturers are including BSF in their feed. And I'm sure your chickens are glad you buy them such a high quality feed 🙂
I grew up in a fairly small farming village and it was complety normal for chickens to eat insects of all sorts. When we got firewood for the winter, we first let chickens check it for ants and other bugs.
Thank you so much for your informative video. I live in the Netherlands and I buy my chicken feed with mixed feed. There are dried larvies and other animals in the bags, so in Europe we are able to feed our chickens with them. We can also buy loose bugs and larve. I don't keep chickens for commercial use. They are pets in mij backyard. Maybe the kost of the feed that I buy is too high for the chicken industry in the Netherlands. That is very sad. My chickens enjoy their feed. Thank you very much for putting so much effort in to educate us!
Thank you so much for commenting. It is wonderful to hear that already in the Netherlands chicken feed with insect content. I hope the rest of the world will catch up with you soon 🙂
@@chickensinmygarden Thank you for your reply. I hope as wel that the rest of the world catches up. I'ts natural for the chickens to eat insects... I enjoy your video's very much. Thank you for all your efforts and keep up the good work! Greetings from The Netherlands
This is most informative and interesting plus it is pleasure to hear you speak! 😊👍 The mention of short chain fatty acids is interesting as it is a very important result of human consumption of fiber and is said to be key to human health as stated in Dr. Will Bulcewicz book called 'Fiber Fueled'. I haven't read the book but follow the doctor's interviews as he is big in the healthy eating channels on RU-vid.
Thank you for your video always and it is informative ! I failed to have a mealworm farm! It is hard to grow them without molting and proper humidity with veggies.. and mostly they don’t lay eggs , perhaps from low diversity of their genetics🥲 I hope they eat mosquitos as well! I added some guinea fowls in my flock but they seem not to be interested in mosquitos… Only more feed is required and there are a lot of noise!
Lol. I don't know if chickens can catch mosquitoes on the wing. Do let me know. Do have another go at the mealworms. Mine are currently doing very well with hardly any veges and just a crust of bread. I sieved the larvae and adults out of their dark droppings to put them in fresh food but didn't discard the droppings-dust, and in a couple of weeks I found heaps of baby mealworms had hatched from the droppings.
I have not yet met a chicken who doesn't love mealworms 😀 And yes they are so easy to raise, aren't they. And virtually cost free ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k7Fr9MJV_fI.html
Brilliant, I used to work on an egg farm and the waste of food and fly maggots and the potential to make earthworm farms to feed the chickens looked to me like a huge waste of readily available resources. Not to mention the amount of deformed or broken eggs which could be cooked n fed to pigs. The other thing is I wish people would stop using those hyline chickens or the Mt isa hens.... These chickens are not like other chickens in behaviour.... They are bred not to be broody for a start, they lay all their eggs in the first few yrs of their lives and then almost nothing, I much rather get a breed that provides eggs for many many yrs, but doesn't lay every single day.
You must have some amazing stories to tell. I have never personally visited a big egg farm. I understand why big business uses the hybrid chickens and we can be grateful for the research that has been driven by the need to make big egg farms efficient because we can benefit from that knowledge too. But for home flocks, the heritage breeds are much better. And prettier 🙂
I free range as often as I can but they tear up my yard. They ruined my tomato garden. It was completely destroyed. Gonna build raised beds for next year. I've got garlic planted near the house. I have to cover it up each time I let them out or they'll dig & scratch it to pieces. Ehrn i turn my back , the roosters have been attacking me. So, ill have chicken in my freezer soon! I love tending to thwm but hey're on my last nerve!
Hello dear.. My 3 months old chicks and less totally melted and their growth is toooo slow..how can i save them and what is their problem at first(note that there is no mites and their nutrition is good like the other good ones but tempreture here is around 36 degrees?)
From so far away and with so little information, I can't know what to advise. Chickens certainly struggle in heat - some breeds are more able to cope than others
@@chickensinmygarden okk thanks a lot dear.. But just one more thing...tempreture now is around 36 but in general it is 30 degrees.. Is 30 also considered hot or it is good?!
I was wondering if ordinary house fly larva was ok for my chickens I see them trying to catch and eat the flys I would not like to give them rotting meat tho But my bunny pens before cleaning them can have flies Ive put my fly catching queen in there she liked digging and catching the flies lol
Yep 🙂 We humans have an aversion to house flies because they do carry food poisoning diseases for humans, but chickens have a completely different digestive system. Great idea to get your chickens to do some of the cleaning work for you 🙂
Of course that depends on what the dog treats are made of. The ingredients might be a bit high in salt or something like that. I definitely would not advise dog treats as a large part of chickens' diet (unless the treats are just frozen meat or something) but I'm sure the chickens would come to no harm by eating just a few
Do you know how chickens see? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ayEdjMYAZ60.html Or how even how they breathe? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uQvnlxU9O1Q.html Check out some of my other videos, I'm sure you'll find something you didn't know :-)
