Meal worms

[Barbians4]

Has anyone ever tried farming their own? We've been considering this since our girls LOVE the dried ones but we could go broke buying those things around here!

 

[CHICKENJOHN42]

I raise meal worms an it's so,so easy ,I feed my girls an fish with them.

an they love them.

 

[CHICKENJOHN42]

Has anyone ever tried farming their own? We've been considering this since our girls LOVE the dried ones but we could go broke buying those things around here!

I use worm food some people calls it cricket food ,you can buy it at a farm an garden store .Put it in a trash can ,it will be 50 lbs so it depends on how many you need .I rasie them for fishing an sales so I just dump the bag ,moisten just a bit an cut a tiny hole in top (for the beetles to get in) wont be long an you will have all you need.Here is another thought ,take some shelled corn or corn on the cob an wet it an walla all the corn maggots u can use.Good fish bait also just bigger than meal worms ,

 

[Barbians4]

Thanks guys! ChickenJohn - would you suggest a YouTube video on raising them? And where do you get your supplies from?

 

[ChickensRDinos]

Here is the article from the learning center. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-raise-mealworms

It is SUPER easy. I just buy bulk wheat bran from the health foods grocery store and feed them the romaine, carrots and apples that I already regularly have on hand for the dogs and chickens. They awill eat lots of different plant matter. I raise them in a clear plastic crafting bin with three drawers.

 

[CHICKENJOHN42]

I raise meal worms an it's so,so easy ,I feed my girls an fish with them.

an they love them.

I use cricket food its also call worm feed I use a 30 gallon trash can ,o I should tell u its about how many you need .The feed comes in 50 lbs , put in barrel put top on a put in small hole so bettles can get in moist food not wet an the will come.

 

[CHICKENJOHN42]

Thanks guys! ChickenJohn - would you suggest a YouTube video on raising them? And where do you get your supplies from?

Don't have a vid but will look u one up ,check my post , THANKS CHICKEN UP

 

[CHICKENJOHN42]

Thanks guys! ChickenJohn - would you suggest a YouTube video on raising them? And where do you get your supplies from?

GOOGLE RAISING MEAL WOMS ,IT WILL GIVE U TONS OF INFO . CHICKEN UP

 

[NorthGeogia]

I've been throwing compost (Chicken poop, straw, wood chips,eggshells, corn husks) in a steel drum. My feed went bad,got moldy and meal worms so I threw it into the steel drum. Now I have a ton of meal worms and the hens love them. Is is safe to feed them meal worms raised in a drum of poop,hay, and rotted stuff?

 

[CHICKENJOHN42]

I've been throwing compost (Chicken poop, straw, wood chips,eggshells, corn husks) in a steel drum. My feed went bad,got moldy and meal worms so I threw it into the steel drum. Now I have a ton of meal worms and the hens love them. Is is safe to feed them meal worms raised in a drum of poop,hay, and rotted stuff?

Sure don't c any thing wrong with it ,I been doing it for years ,when they are out on free range they eat any thing they can grab lol