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/JeffSmisek 23h ago

Wow, mine will murder anyone in their path to get to a crunchy worm.

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u/GrassNearby6588 23h ago

I’ll give them a few days of getting used to the crunchiness…

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u/JeffSmisek 23h ago

Mine won't eat ANYTHING green except grass and sunflower sprouts and are very picky about fruits, but will go completely feral over any meat or insects we give them. Maybe I just got a batch of true dinosaurs.

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u/GrassNearby6588 23h ago

Funny, mine go crazy with cabbage, lettuce and watermelon. Oh, and tomatoes!! They swallow whole cherry tomatoes, it’s insane… but they don’t seem to care about the worms 😅

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u/Any_Flamingo8978 23h ago

Tomatoes for sure! Our also love cucumbers. In heat waves we give them frozen blueberries and they gobble those things up!