Chicks' Unusual Feast: Removing a Hornet Nest
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- čas přidán 8. 11. 2023
- Join us on an unexpected journey as we tackle a daring removal of a hornet's nest from our backyard. 🐝 But what comes next is even more astonishing - we transform this potential danger into a unique dining experience for our flock of silkies! 🐤 Watch as these fluffy chicks encounter a feast like no other. Will they be intrigued or indifferent to this new menu addition?
"I use a racket to swat the worker hornets as they come out of the nest."
This man really substitutes insecticides for BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. That's so raw.
And he wastes none of his moves. Man's a professional hornet assassin.
based. insecticides may harm other species he may not have intended to target, but using the racket just beats the intended hornets only
@@oofoof4875 Plus he's feeding them to his chicks, so he definitely wants to avoid insecticide.
To be fair the Hornets are pretty large too
Blunt Force Trauma is a Cannibal Corpse song. Just saying.
It's wonderful to see the chickens getting their meal, but also there is something hilarious and terrifying about the sense that this guy really just squared up to a hornet's next with nothing but a Tennis Racket and won.
A tennis racket, a net, and a funny outfit
Badminton racket*
Ingenuity.
... and knowledge
…He also had gloves, a protective suit, a saw.
The way he slapped the hornet with the saw thing was funny
And the sound it made as hit the wall. Those things are sizeable.
Badminton racket 🏸
@@GOINGmerry12 He also hit them with the saw blade.
i read this just as it happened😂😂😂😂😂
2:40😅
Fascinating to see the stages between larvae and adult hornets, and how your chickens are instinctively careful about the insects with warning stripes but eat the white ones.
it is all chicks.
@@stevewall7044٦٢٧خج❤ صور
@@stevewall7044thanks captain obvious, that's what 'instinctive' means.
@@truegreen7595 no, thats not what instinctive means, it can be presented as evidence for instincts tho.
The beekeeper's narrating skills is amazing. He has a soothing voice and explains his subjects very well. I like how he utilizes a scientific approach when explaining his subjects.
I know it’s standard procedure, but the idea of someone opening your freezer to look for food and finding an entire hornet’s nest is really funny
Very peculiar frozen dessert indeed. 😂
“Bro, wow do you make your own honey?” “Uh. It’s hornets.”
My bro was an entomology major. You can’t believe what appeared in our fridge at any given time.😮
What @@lauren_kawakami
DEAD DOVE
Do not Eat!!
Love how the moment the chickens realize they can eat these they just start swarming
Irony.
Thoae are such large, plump larvae. The chickens must jave been delighted
“Hey she pecked it and didn’t die? Game on-“
"Oh wait, that's food?"
It was amusing just watching them wait for each other to have a go at it. They had a protein packed meal lol
The hornets are terrifying but the way the chickens reacted after they all decided they found something edible is also frightening. I imagine this is what dinosaurs acted like
Chicks when they first see the nest: "Please don't kill us"
Chicks after they realize it contains edible larvae: _horrific dinosaur noises_
People be like : Dinosaurs with feathers aren't scary
Bruh if I saw a 2m tall chicken I'd shit my pants. Birds are scary.
@@kitkatboard Imagine a pack of flesh eating veloco-chickens. That can open doors.
Well, taxonomically all birds are dinosaurs.
@@kitkatboardlook up ratites
I adore how politely he refers to the hornets and larvae as 'onee-san'
What's that even mean? lol
@@blazednlovinit I think it's the Japanese word for brother/sister/sibling
@@M0ssP1gletI believe it’s sister, I also heard him refer to them as grandma so I guess the are all female?
@@SobrietyandSolace I presume they’re like bees where all the workers (and then the queen, duh) are female.
He was calling the older larvae pupating older sisters. Oneesan means older sister in Japanese.
7:35 It's hilarious how the chicks all stood back, stared and went quiet when you first placed it in. Just waiting for one of them to take the chance to go at it 🤣
Seeing the first chick take the first larva: *salutes* "Your sacrifice will not be in vain."
They are more disciplined than Chineseat a buffet.
They’re basically just telling each other “I’ll do it if you do it”
Fortune favors the bold
"Eating the red berries."
It's 6 AM, an I am watching chickens eating hornet larvae.
4:42 AM here
Breakfast of champions
3am for me!
I almost screamed seeing the larvae😫😫😫😫😫😫
there are worse things you can be doing at 6am
I love how this man's only equipment for this removal is just a beesuit, a net, a saw, and a badminton racket
You forgot the most important ones: balls of steel.
I could watch Silkie Chickens all day 😂 the noises are too cute!!!!!
That's cos they're still making baby sounds lol
For small chickens they are loud as adults, still utterly fluffy and adorable though
If you have anxiety then download the audio and play it when you are getting anxious.
Okay.
The part with the neighbor was so funny! "Ma'am, please go inside for your own safety. I'm smacking a hornet nest."
2:38 im sorry but that last slap before he took the nest down was hilarious
that slap was personal 😂😂😂
Usually chickens don't eat "hard insects" like wasp, those take time to digest, but larvae and bland insects like crikets or roaches, those can do
Roaches also have hard skeletons
True! My chickens also don't bother at beetles and such, but they'll gobble up anything that looks slimy/squishy/shiny including snakes and lizards
@@jiliu2042 roaches are much less chitinous and hard than adult wasps and hornets since their exo is pliable to be able to compress to squeeze into small areas
The fact that those things make a pretty audible sound when they hit the wall after being swatted is kinda terrifying.
I raised the same kind of silkies and they're absolutely lovely pest control. Mine would hang around at my elbows while helping my mom in the garden and eat up all the grasshoppers, slugs, snails, and anything else we stirred up while weeding. Once they had full bellies, they were pretty content to settle in my lap for a nap in the sunshine. ♥
they sound like beautiful garden companions
For as scary as they may seem, hornets can build the most amazing nest. It has its own beauty in a sense, the patterns and layers design I guess we can call it natural art !!
Yeah, if it weren't for their aggression.
@@HotHenrik-eu4nutrue, but that's the nature of predators
@@HotHenrik-eu4nuthe same could be said for some human artists
It's honestly the first thing I noticed, the absolute beaty the nests look, and how it's wood instead of dirt(?)
All social insects are fascinating tbh. But I was also reminded and "shocked" by the perfect hexagonal symetry of those alveolae. Without protractor, compass, ruler...
That was both horrific and adorable! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and work!
that slight panic at 3:04 when the net get stuck on a nail🙃
I was wondering why he was taking so long to close the net while saying how dangerous it was getting. I was panicking too😅
Ok but what about 2:28 when it starts climbing the racket
Amazing how you stayed calm when the net got stuck after the nest fell in. I would have screamed.
Your Silkies are so cute! I love raising Silkies. They're so peaceful at that age with their soft chirping noises
Hardcore badminton
Quite interesting to see one of the most docile and gentle chickens devouring such feared insect.
I've heard wasp larvae referred to as nature's chicken nuggets, so this feels like a reversal of sorts
Chickens? Gentle? Please.
Imagine going to work and the multi-story house is just gone when you come back.
The way they all started happily peeping once they realized it was treats! 🐥
as a canadian who would love to visit japan.. the sound they make bouncing off your tennis racket is the most terrifying sound ive ever heard...
as a teenager my friends and I were being attacked by a black hornets nest so we lit it on fire and dissected it after, I wish I'd had a chance to pull the larvae and pupae out to look at them but they liquified....
the city employees tasked to remove it were very happy though!!
When he took the wasps out at 6:05 I was disgusted but it was SUUUPER interesting! I learned something new today
The way he's going soooo slow to close the net and then get it into the plastic bag......killed me! I'm yelling must go faster....faster....faster!
your so thoughtful to consider giving them to your chickens they love eating larvae and its quite healthy for them im so glad you took them into consideration that they could have a nice snack from it
Chickens love eating live food.
I wonder if there are barbs on the legs or stingers at a certain stage? I am sure he has checked for those before safely feeding but I know what to do if I ever had hungry chickens and a hornet's nest problem.
Those silkies ate like kings that day
My goodness. The sound those hornets made as you hit them Pt of the air was like you hit a golf ball out of the air!
I love how skeptical my chickens are every time I give them something besides their pellet feed lol. It doesn’t even have to be something new…like pumpkin for instance, they get that all throughout fall/winter, yet they act like their world has been turned upside down every single time 😂. Is one of your babies a crossbeak?
9:15 THEY SPRINTED AS FAST AS THEY COULD
It’s awesome how the pupae provide food in many ways.
He have an anti sting suit
6:21 thanks for the real life example of the development of wasps! (Learning animal physiology here)
What a great treat for the chicks! I'm glad you didn't throw away the nest. The larvae are excellent food for pet reptiles and birds or even as fish bait. Fish love them too.
The hornet removal was full of suspense but the silkie chickens healed my soul
I love this comment. 😂❤
I remember being in Kyoto Japan on top of a mountain enjoying the view. I heard a loud buzzing sound. Louder than a bee. It was the exact hornets in the video. And honestly the one I saw was much more bigger. Me and my girlfriend booked it so fast. It was the scariest insect I’ve ever seen.
that could have been one of the giant hornets it resembless
Well, you didnt have to fly that far to see asian hornets, they're over most of Western Europe and USA by now.
@@justalonesoul5825 While they have taken a foothold in parts of Western Europe, they have so far been eradicated in North America every single time they have been sighted.
@@MrLuchenkov *when they are sighted* is quite a very important part. The USA are huge and not very densely populated in many regions.
TY for your precision though, I was under the assumption that the situation was similar in UE and USA regarding those hornets.
@@justalonesoul5825 Certainly but in the case of the asian giant hornet, they will tend to arrive by boat and coastal areas where they'd arrive are densely populated.
The biggest hornets that I've ever seen was in Japan in Kyoto. When I saw them, I was shocked and fascinated at the same time. They looked 2 or 3 times bigger than the hornets in America, and the colors seems very bright.
Silkie Chicks: OOOH! Bonbons with a creamy center!
Such cute squeaky poodle 🐩 birds you got
I never knew that Hornets only eat a substance produced by their larva, I always assumed they ate the insects that they hunt. Thank you for the video
they regurgitate what they find and then the larvae process it into a form that's optimal for the adult workers. amazing.
Wasp and hornet larva are some of the best panfish bait you can get. If kept in a paper bag in the refrigerator, they stay alive but don't develop much. Once they cap over the bait quality is less.
The nest is really quite beautiful to look at.
pro badminton player
The Japanese are good badminton players :-)
6:25 "Sugoi desu ne." Lols he said that right as I was wondering why the hell it is bugs are so creepy but also fascinating at the same time. For those of you who don't know, "sugoi" roughly translates to "incredible, amazing" in English. Him adding "desu ne" after it is almost like when we say "pretty cool huh?" Haha
0:30 scared the absolute crap out of me
silkies are such sweet balls of fluff
I find this stuff so fascinating that hornets can survive a freezer but basically are in suspended animation as they warm up they slowly move more
This man has balls of steel and my full respect.
I love how they fight over the larvae in pure sibling fashion. Its so cute!
1:10 Wii Sports Tennis music would have sent me to orbit
The chickens are so cute😊
The hornet's nest is so beautiful and it's structure is so complex, this is fascinating!
That nest was so beautiful with its layers! I've always thought wasps and hornets are so interesting, but living in someone's shed is not a good place for them to be.
Fascinating! I like that doing it this way the pupae are not wasted and can feed your chickens.
Video was amazing. Both the removal as well as larvaes development presentation really brought my attention.
Skill is everywhere in this person's grace
The removal of the nest is cruel, but necessary. You deserve to live peacefully without being stung by social insects. Aarre Peltomaa of Mississauga, Ontario
*4:30** This was pretty fascinating.*
I don't quite know how I got from funny cats to here, but love it! The chicks are adorable and the hornet information educational, great video!
The first time I have ever saw one was about 8 years ago in my house, in a very leafy part of London. The thing was huge, I could clearly see its eyes 6 meters away, if you are use to tiny insects, nothing prepares you for it.
This is horrifying, didn't know we had them in the UK
It's okay. Under normal circumstances, chicken are not dangerous to humans.
@@cosmos9688 Badum-tsss. Quite a fail, OP clearly mentions INSECTS. But hey, only the ones who never try never miss!
@@justalonesoul5825I think he was joking. Or maybe you knew that and pretended not to as a joke?
@@aapzehrsteurer9000 Cosmos obviously tried to make a joke in answer to OP, I'm very aware of that and I didnt pretend anything. It's just an utter fail of a joke because OP clearly mentions insects, as I clearly wrote. If "if you are use to tiny insects," was not written in OP, there would indeed be room for that joke to land. Is that clearer for you now?
Thank you for your interesting videos. I always learn something new and nice. Thank you for your hard work and for English subtitles. ❤
The way I flinched when the hornet flew at the camera 😱
The marbling on this thing is beautiful.
1:03 Good forehand, solid technique, swift reflexes.
I can't believe how big they are, I'd freak out if they came near me. I don't even live in Japan.
It surprised me when he pulled them out of the holes; a lot bigger than I was expecting
Thank you for uploading! This was very interesting to see, especially the different stages of development of the larvae and pupae in the nest. And those chicks are adorable!
Nature is amazing. From the dangerous hornets to the restless youngsters.
The audible thunks of the hornets hitting the walls or floor after being swatted is impressive.
Those chicks are going to be SUCH beautiful chickens!
I can imagine dinosaurs acting like these chicks.
I walked into my dads shed onetime and loomed up to the ceiling and spotted a wasp nest with at least 10 wasps on it. They all turned in unison to look at me. I left my dads shed. Lol
Hmmm. Interesting. We have chickens at home as well. And while we never had hornets to feed them, there was a certain bug, adult and probably about as large as one of those hornets, which they gladly gobbled up. Me and my father were digging up some earth in their place to use as fertilizer and there was this specific insect, which had thick legs at the front, probably used to dig. They looked really interesting and there were a ton of them, so the chickens got to feast.
Jerusalem cricket?
@@mvbmvbDepending on where they live it could be a mole cricket
Or Cicada
Potato bug
When he hits the hornets with the racket sounds like he’s playing ping pong 😂
You Japanese folks are very brave to fight hornets that big with a racket, here we have much smaller ones and are absolutely terrified of them. I guess its normal to have monster wasps/hornets but still, very brave
I've noticed many Japanese are quite nonchalant about insects, even giant ones! When he tapped the shed roof and they started piling out of the entrance, I would have ran for my life.
japanese people have a ...special relationship... with pain.
It is more about having the right protective gear and experience. Sure, it is not 100% effective, but close enough.
We also have electric rackets over here, but I wonder if they’d be effective in the slightest against hornets like that
@@Lenoh
It's sudden, concentrated force that does it. The zapping is for marketing.
Wow, these hornets have some weight on them. You can tell by the thump, when he hits them with that racket.
I feel kinda sad for the returning workers
Like dude where’s my job!!?!?
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! so far your video shows a humane way of disposing such pests even if they are necessary for the ecosystem to thrive. This is video especially resonates w me more because you actually showed the different stages from larvae to pupae then to adult! SO FASCINATING! and the part where you feed your chickies to see their reaction to the different stages of the hornets life was so interesting i just had to comment about! Keep it up my g! youre doing great with these vids!
i love how the dinosaur instinct kicking in
When I saw those silkie chicks I just thought awww~ they're so cute and I want to hug them. They're happy chirps are adorable.
I love how in groups of animals, theres always one who is the bravest, goes first, shows the others its ok, and they all dive in. Definitely natural leaders vs followers
I love the contrast between the hornets buzzing at the beginning of the video and the silkies chirping at the end 🐔
This was super fascinating. The chicks are also gorgeous.
I like the two peeking out from the entrance of the hive, it's like they are watching you to see what you are going to do
My man was like SeBeeNa Williams with that racket.
I'll see myself out
I have learn more about wasps in 10 minutes than I have in the last 10 years
5:53 that was so interesting to see! never know that it was in this sequence.
Ok but are those small chickens so cute
Hornet shuttlecocks😂
Honestly I love how quick and precise his strikes are. Dude can smack them down even with a saw.
After seeing videos where hornet nests are dispatched with flamethrowers, liquid nitrogen, and spray foam, I appreciate seeing a guy going “low tech” with a badminton racket, net, and ice cooler to get the same job done.
the pattern on the nest is mesmerizing
My man really froze the hornets
They can't move in low temperatures it's why they hide away from the cold.
I got stung by those suckers before, their sting will send an instant jolt to your nervous system. If you don't have a strong heart, those suckers can embolize you in seconds, but for me, I passed out after multiple stings and woke up in our military base TMC unit. It left a nasty taste in my mouth for a few weeks, and no insects would dare venture towards me, even red ants moved away from my bare feet.
I always wondered how the nests come out so even and neat.
the hexagonal shape uses the least amount of material to hold the most weight. mathematics is the common language of the universe.
They build them s bubbles, but as more are built, they press onto the center ones, making them hexagonal.
@@romulus_ that is absolute BS. 🙂
@@Thebrothaisback you wondered why and how it was done and now suddenly you're an expert? please explain it then.
@@romulus_ you gave a BS explanation. You did not even prove or point to each core being perfectly even in dimension. 'Math is universal....'
Thank you for sharing this. I am a world away from you, and learning so much! I also love your chockens! they are so cute. Hello from Canada!
The craftmanship in Japan is second to none. Even the hornets bought into ghe culture. The hornets nest resembles a museum artifact.
the way they mimic the larger hornet is brilliant
That hit with the saw was personal