Hi everyone!

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Lots of people raise them themselves, and they enjoy it enough to never go back to store bought worms. Best wishes!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi, and welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us!

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. The Best of Luck with the Meal Worm's. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska!

 

[Tookie]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Boppo]

Hi, you could try raising your own. There's an article about that in the Learning Center: The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms There are other articles too, you can find them using the Search tool.

Best wishes!

I have been raising mealworms and it's really easy. They are not hard to take care of and the ones that pupate into the darkling beetles, do NOT fly. I have never had any problems with them. I got mine from Uncle Jim's Worm Farm (I also got red wiggler worms from him for my closed compost bins). There are probably other places, but I've had good experiences with that company.

 

[Logar]

If you would like to get beetles right off the bat to start getting them sooner, there are a couple people on MorphMarket that sell the beetles as well.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[omlet-mom]

Hello and Welcome to BYC and Glad to have You here in this Poultry Loving Community. I'm thinking Chinese meal worms are product of China not a variety. It should say on the bag "Product of" maybe. I don't know.

Thank you LTAY. I did mean worms from China. Sorry about that. It's a frustrating subject. I do like American grown and packaged on most of what I buy. So for my chickens I'm just as picky. Thank you for your help.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!!