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  1. gmendoza

    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    you don't need heat/lamps for mealworms.they are very heat efficient themselves. too much moisture is a very bad thing. they will drown. When I fist started with mealies, I got 500. they grew to 10,000 and not including eggs and beetles. the carcases get jettisoned to the chickens for a quick...
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    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    DW had bought me a plastic utility drawer tower at wallyworld when I was raising mealies. It became a 20 tier shelf! the shelves were 4" deep and kept them buggers inside. I had certain drawers for larvae, for pupae, for adults, and for eggs. Potato was the choice of food, along with...
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    Questions about raising Meal Worms

  4. gmendoza

    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    Good job. Like Gallo said there is really no reason to separate hem.I did just for worm management and control. For now I am keeping my pupae with the mealworms,but when a beatle emerges,they are going in the beatle tray,to propagate,then die,then be jettisoned to the chicken reapers!
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    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    Quote: Have you seen the youtube video that shows the mealworms raised in a 2 drawer system? The top drawer has screen in the bottom and supposedly the small worms drop through to the second drawer without having to be sorted by hand. Would this work? I haven't set mine up yet, but need to...
  6. gmendoza

    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    I am the one who has paper towels for moisture and never had a mite problem. Also I am the one who feeds my mealworms layer crumbles without a problem.I am the guy who does tend to separate my pupae,but just some and just for observational purposes. Also I do occasionally slice up potato for...
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    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    Quote: My colony is 20 years old. I separated it off from another colony that was equally as old. Lots of places sell them online, back in the day when we used extremely large quantities, we'd buy them from Fluker Farms (http://www.flukerfarms.com/mealworms-live.aspx). gmendoza, I'm...
  8. gmendoza

    Questions about raising Meal Worms

    I use chicken laying mash as their bedding/food. Im on year 3 with that stuff.It works fine. Here is a look into my lab/bathroom where I grows me stuff: This is my mealworm tower.Its those stackables you can find at wallymart. They are only 3" deep and work fine. Here are my worms( one...
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