I have 1100 coming

[Acre4Me]

Oh that would be something!
Could you imagine??

Lol. Was on Craig’s list yesterday, And one post indicated they had over 1K chx for free... post indicated they had bitten off more than they could chew!

Good luck with the meal worms. Pretty low maintenance.

 

[RoosterML]

I read the title and thought you meant CHICKENS But that’s awesome!

Makes two of us.. I was like wow I gotta read this and see what's going on. I click and see "mealworms". That's just wrong deceptive titling if you ask me. Where is the complaint form at ????

 

[FarmerGirl101]

I read the title and thought you meant CHICKENS But that’s awesome!

hahaha me too

 

[dalasgalas]

I've always used organic barley/oatmeal to feed them. Non organic has pesticide in it and might kill them.

 

[dalasgalas]

Thanks!
One thing I wonder about is removing the adult beetles. How’d you do it? Did you find one way easier than the other? And was it difficult to not throw away the eggs when you change the bedding? How long did you keep your colony?

They are really easy to raise. We used to take the mealworms and put them in individual cups with lids so they would turn to aliens. They are lots of fun.

 

[Acre4Me]

the person I bought mealworms from, actually just used chicken crumbles to feed the mealworms...pretty easy. I also used oatmeal too, when convenient.

As I recall, you are in an arid environment. I was able to use a single carrot, split lengthwise for moisture - replace about 1x per week. However, you may be able to use a cut apple or potato in addition to carrot. The apple and potato would be more likely to mold for me since I live in a more humid area, but the carrot just dried out and never turned bad.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Makes two of us.. I was like wow I gotta read this and see what's going on. I click and see "mealworms". That's just wrong deceptive titling if you ask me. Where is the complaint form at ????

Well ... It worked right?

 

[MissChick@dee]

I've always used organic barley/oatmeal to feed them. Non organic has pesticide in it and might kill them.

Thank you

 

[MissChick@dee]

the person I bought mealworms from, actually just used chicken crumbles to feed the mealworms...pretty easy. I also used oatmeal too, when convenient.

As I recall, you are in an arid environment. I was able to use a single carrot, split lengthwise for moisture - replace about 1x per week. However, you may be able to use a cut apple or potato in addition to carrot. The apple and potato would be more likely to mold for me since I live in a more humid area, but the carrot just dried out and never turned bad.

Thank you

 

[MissChick@dee]

So what about removing the adult beetles? Anyone with a suggestion? I can just envision me trying to pluck them out. Any feedback on that?