What about feeding wheat germ

[Dragonfly Ranch]

When feeding the girls meal worms I shook some of the stuff the worms are packaged in - looks like wheat germ - and they went nuts eating it off the ground. Two questions - are meal worms kept in wheat germ? and if so is it OK to feed them wheat germ at other times without the worms?

 

[Atlchick]

I'll be interested in the replies, also. I raise my mealworms in wheat bran - and I had to buy a 50 ton bag of it! I've wondered about feeding some to the chickens as a treat . . . good question!!!

 

[gritsar]

The first time I purchased mealworms for the chooks they knocked the container out of my hand and ate mealworms, packaging material (wheat germ?) and all.
Didn't hurt them.

 

[007Dawn]

You can use oats, wheat germ, or wheat bran, which ever is the cheapest. All work well.

I have dragons.

 

[yellowroseli]

Oh, somebody needs to enlighten me on how to grow mealworms for my girls. I know they would love them. Can I buy them? Where do I buy them?
Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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There have been threads on here about growing meal worms. People say you let the worms turn into beatles and it goes from there. May be try a search for the thread or as always the good ole' Internet.

I buy my meal worms in the sporting department at WalMart. They cost $1.36 for 25 at the regular WalMart and get this $1.98 at the Super WalMart, which seems to be about $.50 higher on everything. Keep in the refrigerator until they are a special treat for the chickee poos! They LOVE LOVE LOVE them.

Someone also said to try crickets since it's a hoot watching them trying to catch them!

 

[gritsar]

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Our yard is overrun with crickets. I just carry a cup with a lid on it as I mow the yard and scoop them up. Takes twice as long to mow the yard this way, but the chickens adore them. Been feeding them crickets since they were about a week old.