Mealworms farming

[lovemealworms]

Good job. Your patience is about to pay off.

 

[Granny368W]

Good job. Your patience is about to pay off.

Thank you so much for all the advice! I'll be sifting my other drawer tomorrow....I might get worms before 4 months because it's getting warmer. .. I'll be dreaming worms tonight...

 

[808mom_of10]

Good job! I'm so happy to hear that they're doing well and thriving! Mine have been a little neglected lately, I've been super busy and I'm the only one who takes care of them. I need to get back to it this weekend!

 

[Granny368W]

Good job! I'm so happy to hear that they're doing well and thriving!  Mine have been a little neglected lately, I've been super busy and I'm the only one who takes care of them.  I need to get back to it this weekend! 

I hope you can get yours going good. I almost dumped mine out because I waited for 4 months and had nothing. I'm just so excited that I have worms now. Mugs husband kept teasing me about doing all this work and I didn't have anything. I even came so close to buying more worms.lol This feels really rewarding. I still can't download the pictures. But you know what the little worms look like.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I just got my meal worms a few days ago and think I might be hooked.

I've read a lot of good advice here. All the helpfulness is great! I do have some questions, sorry if any are repeats.

So I started with 5000 on oats with veggies for moisture. My house rarely hits 70, we are at the coast so its humid by most standards. Overnight lows around 60. I want to treat 40 chickens daily (1/8 cup each maybe). But now I think I want to sell a few as well, I can't believe how pricey they are.

Can you give me any direction as to how many more I would need and how long it might take to get there? Thanks in advance.

 

[cmarlowdrive]

I have a question as to why my mealworm pulpae are not turning into beetles. It has been at least a month of harvesting pulpae and separating them into their own bin. They are just turning black and dying.
What am I doing wrong?

 

[cmarlowdrive]

I don't understand why my mealworm pulpa are not turning into beetles after a month of harvesting them and separating them into a different drawer.
I am using the 3 drawer system and I have many dead pulpa and no beetles.

Can you advise?

Cindy

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Have you tried adding moisture? That would be the only thing I could think of beside from temperature.

Wish I could be more help!

 

[cmarlowdrive]

Thank you for advice. I have added a damp sponge for moisture. Since they don't eat or move I did not put a food source in the drawer. I did add some bedding material. Out of hundreds of pulpa, there are probably 1/4 dead now.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I recently bought 45,000 meal worms and am having quite a bit of dead loss. But I am not sure how much would be normal for that large of colony. Or am I doing something wrong also?

I keep the pupa on a paper towel and covered with a paper towel. Some turn crunchy and black. Especially when I just had a few. Now with a drawer full usually have 10 or more beetles a day.

Since I didn't have wheat bran yet they were bedded on chicken feed and I tried 1 with dog food. They did fine and loved the dog food but I don't recommend it as a whole drawer for bedding. It was greasy.

So will the meal worms or won't they take care of their own dead? I currently remove them and feed them out.