Where should I buy my starter meal worms?

[TheMoodyHere]

So i have done my research and am set up and ready to start raising meal worms... all except the meal worms themselves. I asked a fellow chicken fan where to get some and they suggested West Knoll Farm, so I messaged her and sadly she is not selling any right now.

I have Googled some other suppliers but would like to know how good they are? I do not want to pay for live meal worms and received dead or bad quality worms. I see that some people guarantee live and some do not. For example Rainbowmeilworms.com specifically says that they do not guarantee live delivery if its over 85 degrees. Plus they are in CA and I live in WV, that seems a long way in these temperatures.

So I would like to hear your suggestions on where I should get my starters. Thank you.

 

[ChickensRDinos]

I have bought mealworms from Rainbow several times but I am local to them and have only ever done pick up. I have always been very happy with them though. Where are you located. Have your tried Yelp? You may be able to find a local supplier and yelp reviews and ratings are always helpful. You could also try posting in your local area thread and seeing if anyone knows a local place. I think it is hard because the mealworm farmers can not control what happens durring shipping.

 

[TheMoodyHere]

I live in West Virginia... thus why I think Rainbow would be pretty far for shipping something live.