Johnnie boy
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While I’m no expert on our garden birds eating live maggots one thing I have noticed while feeding live mealworms is that they usually kill them before they eat them.
This maybe applied to feeding maggots as well as I’m sure that if eaten alive the maggots will continue to feed on its host from the inside out.
Any views on that from those of you more informed than me.
The reason for this posting is that we have a blackbirds nest with 3 five day old chicks , today the female has gone missing and the male has been feeding them all day on mealworm, garden worms etc.
my concern is 1 will they survive the night without her brooding them and 2 will he be able to provide enough normal food to sustain them.
This maybe applied to feeding maggots as well as I’m sure that if eaten alive the maggots will continue to feed on its host from the inside out.
Any views on that from those of you more informed than me.
The reason for this posting is that we have a blackbirds nest with 3 five day old chicks , today the female has gone missing and the male has been feeding them all day on mealworm, garden worms etc.
my concern is 1 will they survive the night without her brooding them and 2 will he be able to provide enough normal food to sustain them.