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317070today at 10:33 AM2 repliesview on HN

Well, chickens tend to live off insects when you let them roam.

I don't really see how insect powder would be worse than the flour they get now. You don't even need to turn the bugs into a powder.


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shtzvhdxtoday at 2:46 PM

To be fair, chickens can see and discriminate between insects before putting them in their mouths. Powdered insects preclude that.

Likewise, cows would never eat a carcass cow, but as hamburger mixed with a lot of grass...

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fc417fc802today at 1:07 PM

Indeed we already feed them insects and we don't powder them. You can purchase bags of dried meal worms at the feed store. The carcasses are fully intact.