Why do chickens refuse to eat rolli pollies?

[Urbanfarmerkc]

I was curious why my chickens will eat most every bug but avoid some (the little brown) beetles and won't even touch a rolli pollie. Any ideas?

Dave

 

[Yay Chicks!]

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Good question. I wonder as well...

 

[hencackle]

Although most of my chickens seem to avoid these, I do have a couple of hens that will eat rolly pollies. If only they would potato beetles and bean beetles!

 

[serendipity22]

too crunchy...

 

[carrlr]

Rollie Pollies are a terrestrial arthropod and not true insects they are better known as a Pill Bug or Sow Bug. As to why chickens won't eat them is IMO because they could tend to stick in chickens throats because of their exoskeleton.

 

[sadies chicks]

Mine eat them all the time and have no issues. The question I have is why mine don't like worms!!

 

[teach1rusl]

I'm with hencackle - I'd

my girls if only they'd eat potato bugs

At least rollypollies don't bother anyone/anything.

 

[TarainNC]

Rollie Pollies do bother the bok choi( chinese cabbage in my garden. I throw the bugs and the holey cabbage leaves over the fence to my chickens and they seem to like them.

 

[CartierChicken]

What about slugs and snails. I was told they would eat these, but my birds show no interest in them what so ever.

 

[swmalone]

I'm just happy mine go nuts for the grasshoppers. I spray the little grasshoppers with an insecticidal soap which takes care of those ones, but it doesn't work on the bigger ones so when I let the chickens out they hunt for them. When they are in the coop I catch the larger grasshoppers and feed them.