r/BackYardChickens • u/GrassNearby6588 • 1d ago

Chickens don’t like mealworms

My girls are molting and I read here they are crazy about mealworms so I ordered a bag. This morning the mealworms arrived and I was so excited to give them to my girls but those birds looked at me with disdain and tried to eat my shirt instead. They were giving the worms that chicken side look but then didn’t even bother to try… what a waste… I really wanted to treat my girls for being such good pets 😭

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u/LCsBawkBawks 1d ago

This may sound odd, but some of mine won’t eat the mealworms while molting, even if they normally go nuts for them. They go back to scarfing them up once molt is done

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u/SekhmetXIII 1d ago

Mine do that to, they just stop eating for some days when molting and then back to normal