Does anyone else get some sort of 'different' little worm coming out of their bins that makes a web and then hatches out to a mothy looking thing?? I am thinking it is coming from the substrate that the original worms comes in. Any ideas how to get rid of them without hurting the mealworms?
Can you show us a picture of the inside now, after the girls have been in there for awhile!!! I love this coop and many of the ideas you've put in there. Lots of hard work.
WHAT???? You have done so well with them.........why get rid of them now??? But if you must stop, why not freeze them and feed them to your chickens???? They will love you for it!!
CLEAN EVERY WEEK????? Holy cow, after the newness wears off you will realize you only need to clean them up a bit every few months!!! If even that often. Many people on here never clean out anything! But until then......have fun. It is all so exciting.
I have a foot tub, like you would soak your feet in, filled with water that my girls like to stand in and sometimes sit in, to cool off. But then I also have another one that I fill with water and I add a gallon milk jug that I froze with water sitting in the middle of it to keep it cool all...
This is one of the funniest things I've heard!!! Come on people.....they are worms!!!! LOL!!! But I must admit, when I first started I thought the same thing when I saw "stuck sheds"!! LOL!!!
It seems to me the mealies would smother themselves in the flour. I wouldnt use that at all. They do need to have some air!! Try not to make this tooooo complicated. It is super easy if you let it be.
For anyone who needs to shut down their farms for any reason, mine being allergies. The beetles freeze just as well as the worms do. They dont stick together and they make a nice crunchy cold treat for the chickies on a hot summer day. I have waaaaay to many beetles to feed out all at once so I...
You could tie the handles together or put a piece of duct tape on the drawers or handles. Not so much to pull them together but simply to remind you to pull them together!!!
You got it totally correct!!! And it is so fun to watch the different stages but please dont worry or fuss to much about it. Separating them is for your own enjoyment. They will do absolutely perfectly fine all dumped into one big bin that you only toss a carrot into every few days!!!!! If you...
If you have your worms in your house as many of us do........ do you really want mites in your house which will reproduce by the thousands and climb out of the bins and get into everything under the bins??? YUCK!!! Mites of any sort are hard to get rid of once they set up housekeeping!!!! Go...