Entire Undigested black soldier fly larvae in poop (also explosive green diarrhea)

[Trux]

Is it possible to give her too much egg/mealworms? She eats almost a whole egg every day (picks out the egg yolk and ignores the whites) and about 25 mealworms. She is molting and I worry she is not eating enough.

she will be needing plenty protein to grow those feathers, suggest you try to get her to eat some 20% feed if you have any. the feed also has vitamins and other things she needs besides just egg and meal worms

 

[SarahGfa]

she will be needing plenty protein to grow those feathers, suggest you try to get her to eat some 20% feed if you have any. the feed also has vitamins and other things she needs besides just egg and meal worms

she has free choice chick starter (20% protein) she eats it a little but does not like it as much as the eggs and mealworms.

 

[Trux]

she has free choice chick starter (20% protein) she eats it a little but does not like it as much as the eggs and mealworms.

Don't take this the wrong way, but kids like candy more than vegetables. Chickens are much the same way. My chickens go absolutely bonkers when I get the mealworm bag out...It's like waving a bag of crack in front of an addict! When I bring in the feed they are oh that stuff, but they eat it, cause I limit there treats. They get stuff from the house like watermelon rinds lettuce and the like and I really don't consider those treats, but they do.

 

[SarahGfa]

Don't take this the wrong way, but kids like candy more than vegetables. Chickens are much the same way. My chickens go absolutely bonkers when I get the mealworm bag out...It's like waving a bag of crack in front of an addict! When I bring in the feed they are oh that stuff, but they eat it, cause I limit there treats. They get stuff from the house like watermelon rinds lettuce and the like and I really don't consider those treats, but they do.

Me too! Normally I limit treats for the chickens, but this one is sick and wasn't eating so I feel like I should give her everything she wants.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

They are in the backyard all day where there is lots of dirt and pebbles so I have never given them grit. I sometimes see undigested grass in other chicken poos, but I have never seen undigested worms.

Is it possible to give her too much egg/mealworms? She eats almost a whole egg every day (picks out the egg yolk and ignores the whites) and about 25 mealworms. She is molting and I worry she is not eating enough.

I would just give her the egg yolk once a day along with a few mealworms as a treat, do this later in the day so her main diet is the chick starter.