INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Bejammie]

[q. te name="Bubbles12345" url="/t/1046313/incubating-w-friends-come-hatch-learn-chat-meet-new-friends/9300#post_16205185"]Very, but who knows how long she was sittn there before I rudely interrupted her with breakfast![/quote] hard to know but id guess she laid it

 

[BantyChooks]

I hope so... She is the one that almost died, so that would be real cool!

 

[kwhites634]

How do I grow my own mealworms? We have a compost pile already

Probably the easiest way is to buy a tub of them at a bait shop, or you could scratch around in the compost & pick them out, though they'd probably be smaller.
They're the larval stage of a black flying insect, but I can't recall which one at the moment.
Put them in a plastic bucket with cornmeal as bedding, which you'll want to add to 'cause they eat it.
Don't put them in styrofoam...they eat that, too, and you'll wind up with mealworms all over the place (I made that mistake).

You can get jumbo's, probably on BYC. I never tried the jumbo's; didn't know they were available when I was raising them. I wasn't into chicken then; I raised them for fish bait.

The worms will transform into the adult insects, which will then produce the larvae, and the cycle continues.
You'll probably want to put a lid with perforations in it on the container to keep the adult contained.

I've not checked, but I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to find directions online on how to keep them. I'd try youtube; they have DIY video's for everything.

Good Luck

 

[ChickaLong]

How do I grow my own mealworms? We have a compost pile already

http://www.rainbowmealworms.net/

Here is a link to some worms. I have been getting some from them. I do not know how the cold affects them. Here is a quote from there site "Mealworms should be kept under refrigeration between 42 and 50 degrees, where they become dormant and stay in perfect condition for 30 - 45 days".

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I hope so... She is the one that almost died, so that would be real cool!

sure would bubs. still wonder what was up with her. I think she ate a frog

 

[BantyChooks]

the last time they saw a frog, they ran away, but maybe!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

the last time they saw a frog, they ran away, but maybe!

smart chickens

 

[WalnutHill]

Here's an example of why it's so important to candle before setting eggs.

This is an egg from my flock.





The air cell is on the LEFT, the clearly pointy end. If not for candling, this egg would have been set upside down!

 

[Laurel Meadows]

Morning everyone!
Getting ready to go make it official and sign up for the New Years HAL

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Morning everyone!
Getting ready to go make it official and sign up for the New Years HAL

Sweet!