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RE: How To Grow Mealworms At Home For Quail, Chickens And Ducks.
I'm following this process now - from what I've read, people often use 3 containers to separate the different life-cycle stages (worm, pupa, and beetle). Are you planning on doing that too, or is there a way to raise the worms altogether in one large container?
That is a great question! I'm thinking I'm going to keep them in the same spot and harvesting them by putting the cut apple in there, waiting ten min. and pulling it out and scraping them off into a bowl. If that doesn't work then I will figure something else out. I'm starting at the simplest and going from there. A lady did that for her chickens and It worked great for her. I usually complicate things so the starting at simple is a new strategy for me. I will do a first harvest update and if I needed to change anything about my first set up. Thank you for the good question @jaymorebeet!
Starting simple seems like a good strategy (it is worms after all right? :)) Ok my questions are super basic, but here goes - so you're talking about using the apple to lure the worms and then feeding those worms to your ladies and gents. But what about the beetles? Do you just keep them in the box and let them do their thing laying eggs until they croak? Thanks @lifemovedbysteem! All this worm advice WHILE i'm eating my lunch...things are getting confusing around here :)
OK! Another good question. I did some reading and thinking on that. When I have a good amount of beetles I will make one more of the same setup for the beetles, just checked the garage and I do have one more container, and see how that works out. Since the boxes are small and I am harvesting regularly for my quails food I'm not sure how many beetles I will be dealing with this early on. If its not to many I will be keeping them all together. Thank you for the questions! It gives me the opportunity to refine my plan. Hope this answers your question, please ask more anytime.
Thanks so much! I need to convince my husband but once he's on board with sharing our house with worms, I'll let you know :)) I'm excited to see more of your worm-journey!!
Thank you @jaymorebeet for upvoting this article by @lifemovedbysteem and for giving your REAL comment. I am randomly selecting real comments to upvote in order to encourage positive community participation.
Awesome initiative @preppers! Thanks a bunch :)