i never thought i would look forward to june bugs

[bj taylor]

june (or april, or may) bugs are the most deadly of bugs. i have almost killed myself several times getting away from them. i HATE june bugs. But, since getting my chickens, i can't wait for them to get to feast on those horrid things. it won't be long now.

 

[ninnymary]

bj taylor, how many chickens do you have and what kind?

Mary

 

[Jared77]

I don't mind them its the danged Japanese beatles that make me

 

[so lucky]

I haven't even seen a "real" June bug around here for years. (The green shiny ones) all we have are those big clumsy brown flying beetles, and the Japanese beetles. and I feed the Japanese beetles to the chickens. Still feeding them some I froze last summer.

 

[canesisters]

june (or april, or may) bugs are the most deadly of bugs. i have almost killed myself several times getting away from them. i HATE june bugs. But, since getting my chickens, i can't wait for them to get to feast on those horrid things. it won't be long now.

I think you're talking about what we call Mayflies or Deer flies. NASTY! BITTING little buggers. And yes, once they spot you and start to swarm, there's very little you can do other than escape indoors.

 

[hoodat]

Funny story about chickens and beetles. Here in San Diego we have the fig beetle. It looks like a June bug but is irridescent green. Rather a pretty beetle. When they are ready to lay eggs they start high up flying in a downward spiral as they try to locate a good spot. My chickens would spot them high in the air and match the circling by running in circles under them, hoping to be in the right place to grab them when they got low enough. Since they were looking up at the beetle they couldn't see where they were going and would run into stakes, tree trunks and each other at full speed. It was hilarious to watch the Kamikaze chickens as we called them.

 

[Jared77]

That would be something to see Hoodat.

Better than the swarms of fish flies or what we call may flies here. Ive been on calls where cars have run into one another because the street was covered in them and the car lost contact with the road they were so thick. Its awful.

We have deer flies and horse flies here too. The deer flies can bite and hurt, but the horse flies will leave a welt if they bite ya. Those things are awful!

 

[Nyboy]

june (or april, or may) bugs are the most deadly of bugs. i have almost killed myself several times getting away from them. i HATE june bugs. But, since getting my chickens, i can't wait for them to get to feast on those horrid things. it won't be long now.

I think you're talking about what we call Mayflies or Deer flies. NASTY! BITTING little buggers. And yes, once they spot you and start to swarm, there's very little you can do other than escape indoors.

Glade all I have that bite are mosquitos.

 

[canesisters]

Do you think that they would be attracted to a bug light???? Or are they just 'heat seekers"? I've heard of people hanging bug zappers over their chicken's run and letting them clean up the 'deep fried' treats in the morning.

 

[bj taylor]

what i'm calling "june bug" is those wretched brown beatles that zoom aimlessly & get stuck in your hair. they're completely harmless - it's just that i'm completely freaked out by them & can't control my reaction - i'm likely to throw my whole arm out of socket or jump over a fence & knock myself out escaping these buzzing beasties. but i know my girls & charlie will love them.

hey mary, i have a flock totalling five. i have four girls and one big boy rooster. i had a pretty good size flock & they were half grown. my half grown german shepherd female killed ten of them. i was left w/four girls; one each of black australorp, barred rock, buff orpington, and silver laced wyandotte. one was badly traumatized, but she pulled through & is doing fine. i wanted more girls so i bought 5 chicks from a lady. four turned out to be boys & there was one fragile little delaware girl. she became egg bound with her first egg & i couldn't save her. i kept the biggest boy - he's a big australorp. he's a great rooster. that's my flock.
i intend to raise meat birds - but haven't done so yet.