Mealworm farming - Page 377

I know this is the mealy thread, and this video is my baby NN chicks eating dubias, this is only their 3rd time getting dubias and they are already profesional eaters.  I have some videos of my adult chickens eating them too, but this was the first time to load and try and post a video.

A few Beetles are starting to die now from their age I guess and I have so many small mealworms! I have 6 bins packed full of small mealies and they are growing very fast! I need to figure out a way to sift out the dead Beetles. Any ideas?

Nate

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Originally Posted by mychookschick 

Wow! That is cool! It always amazes me how much people spend on adventures! I wish that I could try some of the ideas that I hear! So, do you buy the parts that you need for this operation, or do you salvage, or both?

Well I have some old bins that i will be starting some in a couple of months when I get some time. It's not that much to get one started you should give it a try. Your birds will love you for it.

Not a real fan of NNs, but LOL was inevitable watching these guys!  No dummies, for sure.  Were you/hubby handfeeding those or pitching them in the top?

I butchered a goat a week or so ago (just before I got sick) and didn't manage to get all the odds and ends dealt with, so today I staggered out and flipped everything over.  I should have had a camera.  The Maggot Munching Maniacs were in full spate and having a total blast. :)

If I have the stamina tomorrow, I'll move the icky bits up off the ground so the bugs drop down for chickens and then sit and watch from the window... :)

I'm between mealie batches right now, so have to get my entertainment where I can...

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Originally Posted by OkChickens 

A few Beetles are starting to die now from their age I guess and I have so many small mealworms! I have 6 bins packed full of small mealies and they are growing very fast! I need to figure out a way to sift out the dead Beetles. Any ideas?

 

Nate

Use a piece of 1/8" or other relatively small mesh hardware cloth made into a cone; gently dump the beetles you sift out with a colander into the bottom of the mesh cone.  The ones that climb are alive and awake; have them able to climb out and drop into new substrate with goodies; give the others 24 hours to wake up and follow suit, if they don't, feed them out.

At least, that's MY plan for sorting when I need to....hope it helps!

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Originally Posted by onafixedincome 

Use a piece of 1/8" or other relatively small mesh hardware cloth made into a cone; gently dump the beetles you sift out with a colander into the bottom of the mesh cone.  The ones that climb are alive and awake; have them able to climb out and drop into new substrate with goodies; give the others 24 hours to wake up and follow suit, if they don't, feed them out.

 

At least, that's MY plan for sorting when I need to....hope it helps!

 

Love that idea.

I was hand feeding individuals.  Since they were in an indoor brooder (b/c of storms) and they are babies I just got so new to eating the dubias I didn't want to risk any escapees.

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

Love that idea.

 

I was hand feeding individuals.  Since they were in an indoor brooder (b/c of storms) and they are babies I just got so new to eating the dubias I didn't want to risk any escapees.

 

That would be bad! I am not a fan of roaches!

Nate

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Originally Posted by OkChickens 

That would be bad! I am not a fan of roaches!

 

Nate

I am overly cautious, they are a very tropical insect and could not survive here outside of captivity w/ controlled heat. 

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Originally Posted by hemet dennis 

Well I have some old bins that i will be starting some in a couple of months when I get some time. It's not that much to get one started you should give it a try. Your birds will love you for it.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                   

 

Oh, I have a mealworn farm. I meant about that guys putting up walls in his barn and insulating it! LOL I went to the dollar store and bought three containers to start my mealies in! LOL