Are There Any Benefits of Feeding Flies to Chickens?
by Aggravating_Cap_1762
Are There Any Benefits of Feeding Flies to Chickens?
by Aggravating_Cap_1762
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You aren’t feeding them flies, you’re feeding them
Maggots, and it’s free protein, so it will help offset the cost of chicken feed. And if you’re in a very rural area, it can be the only source of protein they can reliably get.
You mean if there is benefit in feeding lean protein to birds? Ofc there is. Cheap and high quality feed.
I’ve also read a study showing duckweed (and other various floating plants studied) fed at ~20% of their diet (10-30% was studied and 20 seemed optimal,) increases egg size & quality, and overall health/longevity of the bird. At the rate duckweed multiplies, the hardest part is harvesting it.
Worthy of note, certain birds preferred certain types of floaters more than others.
Between maggots/BSFL and floater plants, it’s an easy way to potentially leverage a couple side hustles & what would otherwise be waste, against a HUGE chunk of the animal food bill.
I don’t have any such animals yet, as I live in a painfully suburban area, but when I do, I will be employing both of these methods.
It just makes sense to fit such ideal systems into the greater operation of things.
My ducks are constantly hunting flies.