Too many mealworms

[Serchick]

My 1 year old dumped about 15 oz. Of dried mealworms in the brooder with 3-1 week old bantam half-silkies. And then picked some back put and ate them. I have no idea how many meal worms the chicks ate, but they were gorging themselves. Are they ok?

Also, I scooped as much as I could out of the bedding. Can i now dump the bedding in the pullets run? 5 pullets. Or would that be too many mealworms?

 

[AltonaAcres]

That does seem like quite a few mealworms.....I would just keep an eye on them for a week or so. I usually would wait until 3 weeks to start giving my birds small amounts of mealworms. And yes, giving the rest of the worms to your pullets is totally fine!

 

[Serchick]

Ok. I've dumped their bedding in the big girls run. They're very happy!

As for the babies, they're not supposed to have meal worms yet, o know. But the baby apparently disagreed. Should I give them extra grit?

 

[Serchick]

And thanks for your fast reply! My other kids (4, 6 & 8) were running around yelling "argh! They're going to eat until they explode!" I'm glad they should be ok.

 

[Amer]

Ok. I've dumped their bedding in the big girls run. They're very happy!

As for the babies, they're not supposed to have meal worms yet, o know. But the baby apparently disagreed. Should I give them extra grit?

Yes, you should probably give them extra grit.

 

[BGcoop]

“argh! They’re going to eat until they explode”

Kids are funny!

 

[Farmgirl1878]

Why shouldn’t they have mealworms at that age? Mine are being “momma raised” and are eating loads of bugs and worms. They also had a few mealworms with the rest of the flockers today. (It was in the forties here overnight, so they got some mealworms with breakfast. Not an everyday thing.)

 

[DobieLover]

Why shouldn’t they have mealworms at that age? Mine are being “momma raised” and are eating loads of bugs and worms. They also had a few mealworms with the rest of the flockers today. (It was in the forties here overnight, so they got some mealworms with breakfast. Not an everyday thing.)

They shouldn't have that many and these mealies are dried. Not the same as what momma hen would help the chicks find.

 

[Farmgirl1878]

Okay, I thought they shouldn’t have “any” dried mealworms... Mine (six 10-day old yardbirds) have already discovered they love them! But again, they only got a taste when they stole them from the big girls.