Have you tried meal worms for your chickens? Here are five benefits of adding meal worms to their diet.
ONE
If your chickens are kept in a coop and not able to free range, meal worms are a great way to add what they need and to give them the sense of being able to forage for their food.
TWO
This organic protein is what they choose to eat when foraging, so adding it to their diet means adding necessary nutrition. And if your chickens are healthy, their eggs will be healthy too!
THREE
This added nutrition also aids in the process of molting and helps them get through it faster and without as much stress.
FOUR
I don’t do the deep littler system, but I also heard that giving meal worms to your flock while in the coop can aid in turning the deep litter system, which seems to be quite the chore to do.
FIVE
My flock loves meal worms. They get so excited when they see them coming. And you know what that means-happy chickens lay healthier eggs and lay more often. So I’m thinking it might be time to branch out into breeding meal worms. It would cut down on the cost of feed, so that’s a huge benefit right there.
