Mealworm farming

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

found another 6 eggs this morning hidden in a bush ...must be the same hen ... think i need to buy an incubator ....

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

Making chique-ens now..1 times incubators and 21 days to go !!!

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

Had some pallets ..now hens have a place to lay !! Mr man checking things out !

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Nice.

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

I got a hen that's blind in one eye .... she seems to seclude herself from the flock .. just stays in the coop all day ... is she broody ?? anything i can do ?

 

[aart]

I got a hen that's blind in one eye .... she seems to seclude herself from the flock .. just stays in the coop all day ... is she broody ?? anything i can do ?

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[EggSighted4Life]

Ok, I have oodles of beetles revealing themselves everyday. My bins seem to be progressing rapidly. I have had it in the house while working to get set up. I have discovered that everytime I get close to it my throat starts burning and my chest feels weird. So I will be moving the drawer system to an outdoor area, either the pole barn or the pump house. And I am also going to get a breathing mask. Maybe in smaller numbers I would never notice, but with a colony that large (45k), it's undeniable.... there is a smell... to the dead and the frass if not the worms themselves. While the smell is not something I enjoy, it's actually the burning that is the reason I am getting a mask. I do have regular allergies but no asthma.

My chickens love the meal worms! And I enjoy raising them. It will be a lot easier once my set up is complete. I am going to work on screening before moving it our completely.

 

[jessivogel]

Hey guys! A neighbor gave me a plastic shoe box of mealworms, pupa, and beetles. I am WAY NEW!! I am wondering if there's an infestation of another type of bug or if I missed a life stage while researching. I noticed them when I was separating the stages. They crawl. I took a picture of one next to a pupa. What are these? Is it an infestation of another bug?? Pupa on the left. Unknown in the right. Thanks!

 

[doglover1]

I don't see no picture.

 

[Tika75]

Hey guys! A neighbor gave me a plastic shoe box of mealworms, pupa, and beetles. I am WAY NEW!! I am wondering if there's an infestation of another type of bug or if I missed a life stage while researching. I noticed them when I was separating the stages. They crawl. I took a picture of one next to a pupa. What are these? Is it an infestation of another bug?? Pupa on the left. Unknown in the right. Thanks!

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