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Bookmark or Share- Mealworms, so confused! Questions added post 5.Mealworms are a grain pest, and are naturally found in grain storage areas. So we give them grain-based bedding (I use wheat bran), which is actually like you or I sleeping on cotton candy or mashed potatoes--it's comfy and it's edible! We give them a few veggies or similar for moisture, and we leave them (mostly) alone.
- The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms. - BackYard ChickensThe mealworms came from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm in a bag of one thousand. The wheat bran we bought was from Amazon but now I get it from Azure Standards. First, dump the wheat bran in the tank until it is about one inch tall.
- Feeding Dried Mealworms To Your ChickensFeeding mealworms is most useful during the molting season. Molting depletes the bird of a large amount of protein. Molting causes the body to use a tremendous amount of protein to replace the old feathers with new feathers and puts a strain on health.
- Source for US made dried mealworms? - BackYard ChickensI would suggest looking into dried black soldier flies as an alternative to mealworms. I searched all over for USA dried mealworms with no luck. Apparently, it is something that is so dirt cheap to import, that there just isn't a US market for them. The black soldier flies are a great option.
- How To Raise Mealworms - BackYard Chickens3. Add some mealworms, the more the better and the faster the start-up will be. I recommend starting with at least 1000 for a container the size of a 10 gal. aquarium. 4. Add some vegetable matter. I use potatoes, carrots, apple peals, celery stumps, watermelon rinds, whatever kinds of scraps are available. Feed them as often as you'd like.
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