North Carolina

[scottcaddy]

Hi! Does anyone have a horse? I do! here he is:

His name is Tanka. [ ton-ku]

Well ...maybe just a few..I only have 1... the rest just eat here!

Scott

 

[Fireantz iceman]

I am sad to say, I have no horse, and I fear I will never have one. ):
But I do have hundreds and hundreds of mealworms. I started with about one hundred and have fist fulls of babies now. It took a couple of months to get to this point because I started with so few. I got mine at Petsmart: which is not the most cost effective way to start up. I keep the beetles separate from the worms and move the beetles every month to keep them separate from the eggs. They are very easy to raise overall. I just throw a few bits of apple or carrots in every couple of days, and that's about it, other than the sorting. I keep them in a three draw plastic bin from Target. I do not use oatmeal for the substrate however, I prefer wheat germ so I can sieve out the worms and beetles and the wheat germ falls right through during the sorting. I also keep my wheat germ in the freezer at least 24 hours to kill any no see ems that could be living in it before using it as substrate. They were staying out in the garage when weather was warm, but I fear it has gotten too cold for them out there, so I moved them to the laundry room. Needless to say my husband is not thrilled with this turn of events.

I recommend you guys give it a try. It is very easy as well as interesting as well. Kids love them too!

For breakfast or lunch? With milk or juice!
(Wink)

 

[chicknnugget]

For breakfast or lunch? With milk or juice!
(Wink)

LOL, That did sound strange. The kids love to check in on them, and we do have a pet gecko they love to feed him the mealworms as well

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

They say when it rains, it pours..........I got to agree
..........while I had a pot on the stove top to boil I heard
what sounded like an egg exploding and that didn't make
sense so after looking around a bit I find it was the glass
stove top cracked......need a new stove top.......find one I
like......have to order those things as the stores do not keep
any in stock.......order it, it gets delayed........won't be here
until AFTER Thanksgiving

if this wasn't bad enough........the refrigerator has decided it's
done working and needs replaced.........I'm waiting for the oven
to decide it wants a make-over too

did I mention the new ones are black and the old oven is brown

hope everyone has a good day

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Quote: Actually, not such a bad question. They are very edible for humans as well. When I raised them before, it was for human food not chickens. I know people who eat them raw/alive, but I always dry-roasted mine. You can grind them into a flour and use them for baking, or just eat them. They taste like slightly over-cooked bacon. Therefore they make great salad croutons!

Before you get all grossed out, insects provide a high quality protein, and are eaten in many cultures. We Americans eat huge quantities of insects and rodents, but we mostly don't know it. If you eat processed foods however, you're eating them and more.

Other insects that people raise in this country as a food are crickets and some species of cockroaches. I don't care for crickets, as you actually have to dress them out due to wings and legs. If I'm going to dress out a critter, I want more meat for my efforts! And I do have a mental block against cockroaches, despite knowing that captive raised roaches are clean. I can't cross that bridge. But mealworms. Yum!

 

[dutchbunny83]

oh my!!!!

 

[carolbeau]

Hehe. I would totally bring some dry roasted (or fried!) darkling beetles at a party. I would dress them up real fancy - if they taste like overcooked bacon, then maybe serve them on top of fancy crackers, with fresh mozzarella and an heirloom tomato slice? What would my friends think of me?

Ok, purely hypothetically...

If one were to start a colony in a 10-gallon tank, but wanted to start with beetles instead of mealworms, what's a good number of beetles to start with? Carolina Biological Supply sells the beetles in groups of 25 or 50.

Also, how do you explain to your spouse that you want to raise bugs in your home?

 

[ChicknsRock]

Good Afternoon folks!

I am so far having a wonderful day and so are my chickens! if anyone is looking for a chat thread to join please join mine!

It's a wonderful chat thread called ChicknsRock and ilovemysilkie's chat thread. I just wanted to share some information with y'all about hypericum and copper sulfate. Hypericum helps with marek's ( go to the St. John's Wort thread to find out more about it) and copper sulfate is just a mineral supplement that if it is used wisely can help chickens a lot ( go to my copper sulfate thread to find out about it). I hope everyone has a good day!

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

It's another Friday........not many of them left for
this year.......in fact only a small handful of weeks
are left for 2013.......went by fast

I am waiting on the OE POLs to start laying and
I guess at this point it won't be until spring......then
I can sort which ones I'll keep and who will be
looking for new homes

hope everyone has a good day

 

[Tikkijane]

[COLOR=008000]Good morning folks [/COLOR]


[COLOR=008000]It's another Friday........not many of them left for[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]this year.......in fact only a small handful of weeks[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]are left for 2013.......went by fast[/COLOR]

[COLOR=008000]I am waiting on the OE  POLs to start laying and[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]I guess at this point it won't be until spring......then[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]I can sort which ones I'll keep and who will be[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]looking for new homes[/COLOR] :/


[COLOR=008000]hope everyone has a good day [/COLOR] :yiipchick

None of my 10 EEs (also POLs) have given me anything either. I'm still getting about a dozen a day, though, but it sure would be nice to get some pretty colors in the mix.......

This year has flown by, I agree.