- Apr 12, 2010
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I started a meal worm farm this winter and so far so good. I had bought some at Pet's Mart as a treat for my chickies. I figured they cost me $.34 each. So, after reading on BYC about how easy it is to raise meal worms I decided to raise my own. I went back to Pets Mart and bought 2 containers of them. I want to say they had 30 in each container. I put mine in chicken crumbles with sliced potatoes. For the longest I couldn't tell that anything was happening. Then I saw the beatles. Ok, that's progress. Then one night I was checking to see what was happening and low and behold there are tons of tiny worms. Now I have big meal worms, tiny ones, beatles and pupa. I have started a second colony now. I can only imagine what it would be like if I had started with 500-1000 worms. It's as easy as pie to grow them. I just keep mine in a warm place in the laundry room. (they grow faster if you keep them in a warm dark place) This summer I will move them out to the barn and add more colonies. It's cheap, easy and educational to watch. I highly recommend raising them for your chickens and other poultry.