Size of meal worms

[Chelestechicks]

Does it matter what size the mealworms are, that I feed my hens. We have some from the pet store, about 1inch, my son feeds his lizard ones that are much bigger. The beetles are black and long.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

The one inchers are normal.

 

[Loppy Lobster]

Hi, not at all... they can injest foods of considerable size. As an aside, I would caution feeding chicken carcasses. They can injest a half decent size bone which I am not overly willing to find out if they can digest it or pass it. Hope this answers your question.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

To my understanding those huge meal worms are fed hormones or antibiotics to achieve the larger size.

 

[featheredplanets]

Are they Morioworms? They’re a tad different to mealworms and quite a bit bigger. I breed them for my bearded dragon. They’re perfectly fine for poultry too

 

[Teila]

[Note that I am located in Aus.]

My bantam girls have no problem with the Giant Meal Worms we order for them and they are 4-5 cms [2 inches]. They love them!

 

[Patinas]

I just started a colony of Superworms which are Zophobas Morio. Regular mealworms are Tenebrio Molitor. Then, there are Giant mealworms and from what I've read, those are regular mealworms that have been fed a hormone that will prolong the larvae stage thus allowing the worms to get very large before becoming pupae.

 

[centrarchid]

The size should not be a concern. My day old chicks will consume full size regular meal worms.

 

[tigger19687]

NO SUPER WORMS, they are too big and I would be concerned about the hens just swallowing them not killing them.
Unless you want to kill them first.
My son has Bearded Dragons, I get Super worms for them. I have Mealworms for chickens

 

[imnukensc]

I watched one of my hens swallow a live, 10 inch snake the other day with no problems. She swallowed it like a piece of spaghetti. Super worms are hardly "too big" for a chicken nor need to be killed first.