> using insects as a livestock feed is explicitly legal only in Ohio
Really ? That's very surprising. What's the officially allowed livestock feed? Only corporation made stuff?
Really ? That's very surprising. What's the officially allowed livestock feed? Only corporation made stuff?
I think insects to chickens is a great idea though. There are some people that grow mealworms for chickens and I've seen dried mealworms at the feed store as chicken treats.
I had some chickens this year (my first year with them). A weasel got in through a small hole smaller than my fist and killed every chicken at about 9 weeks old. He then took about half of them back out the same hole... in pieces and left the remainder for me to find in the morning. It was a pretty gruesome scene. I set some traps but was never able to catch him. But before the massacre, I would take the chickens out at night and hold them under the back porch light and they would happily stuff themselves on insects and moths landing on the wall.
I want to come up with an insect trap so as to avoid the trouble of raising insects. They are all over anyway... why cultivate them?
I'm building a better coop and am going to try again next spring.
same thing happened back home earlier this year. Now we are careful and close the (new) chickens at night. Predators are merciless... :(