Mealworm farming

[WestKnollAmy]

Thank you for the compliment!
I hope your chickens are still loving the mealies!

My house is a bit cooler now but my chicks are still loving those slow moving worms. They are fat and shiny still and still eating fruits and veggies but just a bit slower.

 

[1muttsfan]

I got my starters at a pet shop (reptile food)

 

[andrea98]

i have 100 that i just picked up .. but wont that take forever to start????? ( i had 1000 that were in a container in the fridge that some how got put in the freezer all by themselves

) but i just wondered where everyone got theirs .. i got mine off ebay 1000 for 12.75 or 13.75 shipping and all....

 

[bloom_ss]

I HAVE BEETLES!!!!!!!!!!

The first thing I did this morning was look in the bin to check on the mealies and I have three beetles running around. I ran and jumped on the bed while hubby was still sleeping and said, "GUESS WHAT!? I HAVE BEETLES!!!" He was less than impressed and not happy about how I woke him up.

LOL I am happy though...it's so amazing to watch them change like that! Almost every single one of the 300 large mealworms I bought have turned in to pupae so I am expecting an explosion of beetles within the next few days!

SO EXCITING!!!

 

[CluckyJay]

Guys, totally try this popped milo in their feed. Mine are just loving it still!!!

 

[oneofseven]

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Congrats! Cigars all around.

 

[Terri O]

Whooo Hooo BLoom! congrats! I HAD beetles... I was having some trouble with mites so I rinsed them and put them in all new bedding...yeah, I have beagle and she must have liked the smell of the grain that I ground (ESPECIALLY for them) so she brought down the entire colony and ate the grain...and maybe the beetles too?
I think I may be starting over...how are yours doing AMY? LOL--but not really....Terri O

 

[Kassaundra]

Here are pics of my new repurposed multi function high rise mealie house.

This is a repurposed old cheap dresser. The bottom layer lined in plastic is for growing sprouts for the chickens and adding some humidity w/o putting water in the mealie trays themselves.

There are 4 shelves for mealie tubs, I have decreased the lights to just one per level except the bottom where the sprouts are.

The top is an experiment in trying to grow peppers and tomatoes in the house over winter.

A close up of the two occupied bins, I will add two more to the set up on each of the other two shelves. The shelves were repurposed parts of the drawers. ( this was broken prior to using it for mealies)

Just added a fabric "door" flap to help keep drafts out, heat in.

 

[oneofseven]

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Very nice set up.

 

[Gypsi]

Impressive. If it didn't get cold in my greenhouse, I could move them out there, but then the pullets might help themselves.