No, no, I know that nobody is suggesting that "I" should raise mealworms! Or anyone else for that matter! I just found it interesting. And I thought if my chickens wind up loving them I should consider doing it because they are so expensive.
they will lay their eggs under the substrate no need for bark. Some paper towel or toilet paper rolls for them to hide in are nice. They love darkness
they are easy to breed. Most companies are trying to get the maximum that people will pay. Doing it yourself can easily drop the price down to a dollar a thousand or less. A lot of it is the yuck factor. Most people don't want bugs breeding in their house. I dry them with my oven or my dehydrator they come out more deflated than the store dried ones. Any questions please ask.
Bugs don't bother me at all...I'm the spider killer in my house! LOL I think the store ones are freeze dried, that's probably the difference.
