Kiraeh
Songster
For those frustrated about the speed of larva growth, it does take a while to get going. I started my farm last April, didn't see any new larva until November, and only just in the last month or so do I have lots of larva, big enough to find and see easily. It does take time.
I did have some issues slowing me down, I threw out a lot of bedding once because of mold, then for a while I was keeping them where earwigs could get to them, I suspect they were eating eggs or larva.
It's hard to tell if you have eggs, you can't easily find pictures of them, because they don't really look like much. But if you pick through your bedding and find clumps or tubes stuck together, those will have eggs in them.
I did have some issues slowing me down, I threw out a lot of bedding once because of mold, then for a while I was keeping them where earwigs could get to them, I suspect they were eating eggs or larva.
It's hard to tell if you have eggs, you can't easily find pictures of them, because they don't really look like much. But if you pick through your bedding and find clumps or tubes stuck together, those will have eggs in them.