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    Mealworm farming

    II AM SO EXCITED, got home from a 2 week vacation last night and finally see little wormies !!!!!!!!! I think it took 2 months to see them after moving my beetles into a larger fish tank. I feel safe now feeding the small tank to the chickens. I have unknown hundreds of beetles maybe a thousand...
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    Is there a way to tell what color egg an EE pullet will lay?

    That is a great question, I have blue and green legged eggers, however they are not old enough to lay. I hope that is true, maybe someone will know and respond.
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    wanting to start a lil homestead...

    Welcome, I looked at the forums a long time before I joined and have found this a wonderful site with so many helpful people. - You will soon learn the ways of "Chicken Math". I told my husband we need 4 hens for eggs and I would like some Guinness for the ticks (we have 5 1/2 acres). First trip...
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    Mealworm farming

    Hundreds of beetles hiding under everything, hoping to see the 2nd generation soon. I have been thinking about growing some kind of sprouts in a tray for some "green" treats this winter, has anyone done it? What did you sprout? I just love watching them out in the yard eating.
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    First Death Experience

    Sorry for your loss TarheelBirdy, Everyone else here is doing fine today.
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    First Death Experience

    Yesterday on of my keeps was walking low and cuddling up to the others while they were eating or drinking, just following the crowd to be near the other but was not eating with them, Told DH that one was not feeling fell and asked if he would bring home some yogurt for it today (60 miles to...
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    Official BYC Scavenger Hunt - Ended. Congrats winners!!! :D

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/604394/guess-the-breed-chicken
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    Mealworm farming

    patient---Oooooh such a nasty word ( I tell everyone I will never pray for that, it can be a hard pill to swallow) I am so excited, Thanks for letting me know. I just love this site, I use my kindle most of the time when I am one so I cannot post ( do not know why since I can click the little...
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    Mealworm farming

    Life Cycle: The mealworm undergoes complete metamorphosis. The female darkling beetle lays hundreds of tiny, white, oval eggs, which hatch into tiny mealworms (the larval stage) - it takes from 4 to 19 days to hatch. Each mealworm eats a tremendous amount and grows a lot, molting (shedding its...
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    Mealworm farming

    500 bought - some to the bin and others in fridge. So many beetles now and they are mating so I am hopeful for a NEXT GENERATION !!!!! I wanna see little wormies now, wonder how long it takes before eggs hatch and can bee seen (Guess I will be doing more reserch) Feeding more dead beetles and...
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    Mealworm farming

    I think is what is happening with mine, lots of pupae and beetles. I think I will be out of wormies soon. I want them in ALL stages ALL the time. Should I keep buying more worms until my current eggs grow up or just wait it out? Without counting I have 100-200 beetles, maybe more. The beetles...
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    Mealworm farming

    I leave mine alone in the papers, they can get out if they want. HOWEVER I am no expert on the subject. I have read hundreds of pages on this forum and googled the subject and people leave the paper alone in there. I find many worms and beetles in the paper and under toilet paper rolls or bread...
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    Mealworm farming

    My mealies are not moving much, I have bookoos of beetles. But worry about the worms. They are in a 10 gal. fish tank with ground up oats. I feed them carrots, potatoes, and I put in a slice of bread that the beetles love to be under. There is not too much movement, Is it not dark enough? or...
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    Icelandic Chickens

    Opps - My reply did not do where I thought
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    Silver Laced Wyandotte sexing

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