Insects are everywhere! Learn which flyers and creepers keep chickens happy, and which to watch out for. The information provided will help backyard chicken raisers better understand what to do and not to do when it comes to bugs.
Source: Hobby Farms, March 15, 2017.
When it comes to chickens, flies are a double-edged sword. On the positive side, chickens love to eat flies and absolutely adore fly larvae. On the negative side, houseflies are known to transmit the chicken tapeworm Choanotaenia infundibulum. Even worse, house flies, green bottleflies and black blowflies — known as filth flies, which are flies that typically breed on animal feces — can also cause a horrifying condition called myiasis, aka flystrike.