Hatchability in turkey eggs stored for 15 days prior to setting improves if the incubator temperature during the fi rst 7-14 days of incubation is increased (Christensen and colleagues in 2003).
Add stinky to the list of preferred fly aromas and a dirty chicken butt is a recipe for flystrike. After the fly eggs are laid on or in the skin, the larvae can hatch into maggots in less than 24 hours; the maggots then begin feeding on the skin, causing deep, painful sores that can become infected.
If you want to feed insects to your chickens, black soldier fly larvae are probably the easiest and cheapest option. Unlike mealworms, you won't need to buy storebought food for the insects, and you won't need to buy pheremones every year like you would for Japanese beetles.