rachel19 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Was browsing the livefoods website for a christmas mealworm treat for the girls and decided to buy a tub of extra large locusts.........i've seen their hunting instincts with flies and stag beetles so thought they might enjoy chasing after big bugs. Has anyone else tried their chooks on locusts or crickets or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard and Jo Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Christmas massacre! Take some pictures. They sell them in our local pet shop so I may get some for ours as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Christmas massacre! Take some pictures. They sell them in our local pet shop so I may get some for ours as well Weeeeeeeeeeeee, heeeeeeeeeeeeee, heeeeeeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 Hahaha will do.......planning on taking video too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I went to a new pet shop today and they stock them. Do let us know how you get on with them Rachel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I guess it all depends on whether the chooks can move fast enough to catch the locusts. Could be good sport I've never liked locusts since the ones in our biology lab at school escaped one year and rampaged through the classroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Oh i bet your teacher loved that lesson!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 It was vile I love grass hoppers, but locusts are just too big and ghastly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggtastic Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Mine love crickets - practically obsessed. We actually bought them for the lizards, but faffing around with the crikets outside (you have to dusted the crikets with nutrients for the lizards) the escapees were quickely gobbled up by the girls. Now there's no peace if they acn see the cricket jar... p.s. if you get the chirping type (they can also come in silent) over summer next year and they do escape from the chickens, it'll just like being on holiday in the med. (criket chorus by the patio!). Nearly worth getting a box and letting them loose for that alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 p.s. if you get the chirping type (they can also come in silent) over summer next year and they do escape from the chickens, it'll just like being on holiday in the med. (criket chorus by the patio!). Nearly worth getting a box and letting them loose for that alone! What a fantastic idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Some one must've done that near us this summer - there were loads of chirping crickets. Lesley's fields were hopping with grasshoppers too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 Well the girls had he locusts yesterday and weren't all that impressed! Quite a lot of weird looks and running past pretending not to have seen them! Really brave my chickens!!! Anyway, Edna eventually took the plunge and picked one up and bashed it and reluctantly ate it......the others followed but weren't all that impressed i dont think. They much prefer wax worms and the giant mealworms which are huge! Plus my mum wont let me get any more locusts because she got too attached to them as they were 'cute' Anywho - on the whole worth a try but prob not worth the hassel......the chooks much prefer things that dont fight back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Help! I've just secured some crickets from freecycle! Aparently its half a tube of medium sized black crickets! I have no idea how many this is! Will they eat them all in one go, or will I have to store them? If so, do I have to feed them? How bizarre! I do hope the chooks like them! If not, will they damage the garden, or survive the cold weather? I'd love cicada type sounds in the garden over summer! Not sure if I fancy my fridge chirruping though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Ours had 8 locusts between the 6 of them.............once they realised they were actually a food souce they ate them. You may just want to pick out a couple so that your chickens figure out what they are and then i'm sure they'll go mad for them. The locusts i got were huuuuge and i think the girls were a bit scared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I thought about this the other day when I went to our local pet shop and they had one tub of tiny mealworms left..they didn't last long with the Laydees! (very nearly bought a gorgeous little black rabbit too but thought better of it!) Joe's brother keeps crickets as he feeds them to their pet tarantula "Angelica" - whom I avoid like mad! Molly finds them terribly intriguing and sits and watches them.....might buy a tub and see what the girls think! A xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I have never thought of feeding them live stuff before, apart from the maggotts they had for sour crop. Where do you buy them from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 try your local pet shop - i haven't seen anything like this in places like Pets at Home but our small independent shop stocks all manner of things. A xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel19 Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 try www.livefood.co.uk They're really good and sell all sorts of live stuff with really quick delivery too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Wiggly wigglers are good too, they even do a sort of staged delivery (can't remember what they call it), where you can put in an order for a pot of live worms to be delivered each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
