Beetles in Stock (Mealworms mid October)

[renegaderidgefarm]

just a picture of our new mill worm set up thanks to sillybirds. The chickens absolutely love them and they love us for bringing them out there. thanks again, Randy and Betsy

 

[mikenandrea]

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Just curious.. How do YOU have your 4 show boxes set up?
I have 3.. One for the beetles, one for the larvae, and then one for the pupae

 

[PARKBOY]

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[renegaderidgefarm]

Just got mine, have two with worms two with beetles will add more as they progress..... Thanks, Randy and Betsy

 

[sillybirds]

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That looks great! In a couple months you're going to have a lot of good chicken treats on your hands!

 

[vyshtia]

I got my first 3 aliens!!!

That was fast! 24 hrs and these guys are insane thriving! A lot of them have already doubled in size and eaten soooo many carrots!! It's crazy! I'm still scared to death of them but I'm also proud that they've survived this long with me! It's a love/hate relationship.

 

[sillybirds]

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Congratulations! You'll get lots more. It is cool to see the progression through the different stages of the mealworm (darkling beetle) lifecycle. When you get a lot of active worms in a bin, doesn't it almost seem like they're going to jump up and grab the carrots from you hands.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

I like the shelving idea. Lets for air circulation. Good idea.

Sillybirds, thanks I love mine. I am actually having a blast sorting through them. It is like digging for buried treasure.

I almost hate to feed them to the Dragon and chickens! Almost

 

[vyshtia]

Question - the 3 aliens I got are small - and there are much larger mealworms in the container - does that mean these are premature aliens? I would think that they need to get to a certain "age/size" before they became aliens? Now I'm concerned that maybe I did something wrong to prematurely trigger these guys to become aliens before they should have...or do they just become aliens whenever and it's normal to have different sized aliens?

 

[renegaderidgefarm]

The shelving brackets work great. Got them at an auction in a group of junk ha ha ha. got to get 2 more sweater boxes today! gonna do some sifting.......... and cleaning, sorting etc. Randy