I have 6 mealworms ready to turn into pupa and in going to start breeding them for my breaded dragon

@birdlegsbear3841

3 жыл бұрын

Nice !

Just a reminder some folks can build an alriagic reaction over time to meal worms. you can hold that off by wearing a mask with a filter on it and using gloves with overalls to work with them. the same for people doing rat breeding. you can develope a reaction over time to rat poo and rats. even though you didnt start with it. if you use a mask with a filter from the start you can avoid develope the reeaction from the get go.

@stargilpin7856

6 жыл бұрын

interesting

@clarencesiason8349

6 жыл бұрын

Fish breeding gave me allergy to dirty water

@flackratchettheromperstomp8224

3 жыл бұрын

I can attest to this both personally -from my own experience involving feeder crickets and roaches- and also as part of the medical community (albeit as minor a role as a vet tech ultimately plays in the medical community) having witnessed both respiratory problems and contact dermatitis being developed due to the excessive and careless repeat exposure to airborne particulate fecal "dust" created by basically any insect or rodent

Nice operation you got there!

I have mealworms myself. Im breeding them too. I give them a lot of different vegetables. I want them to be the best quality possible. But i know they are picky. One apple is not as good as another apple. Last week i gave them an apple slice, and they all attacked it basically and after 3 days it was all gone. But that had never happened before, i always need to throw away vegetables. So i put in a different kind of apple, and that one seems to be less delicious of some sort, because theyre not attacking it like last time. They really liked the apple i gave them last week.

@clarencesiason8349

6 жыл бұрын

Same it happens idk why

@jekjeklaron7008

5 жыл бұрын

Uny Just A Girl lol thanks for the word APPLE i remember theres an apple in my bag😅

Oh and to back up what you said about frass. If you use a layer of frass in miro greens. the black larve frass you can get mold problems down in large scale micro greens grows . if you are in a legal weed state frass works well on weed plants.

great video!

Those are more mealworms than I needed to see in my lifetime 😱

Dang dude! How many critters you feeding with 30,000 worms in each bin? You got a zoo in your backyard or something lol....

i was wondering if you have problems with the beetles getting out?

When they're thirsty they're all so hungry

How often do they need a water source?

My favorite thing to eat when I watch this video is scrambled egg

Thank you so much for this video! How much wheat bran do you put in each container? I think I am putting way too much however when you sift out each week do you have to keep the new eggs and frass seperately? I think I have way too much but am afraid if I get the frass/eggs seperated I am afraid that if I get it too deep they will suffocate? I sure plan of following you and look for more in the future! Well done!

@pollytaulbee7484

7 ай бұрын

How do you get started.

What do I feed baby mealworms and what do I keep it on so the bedding doesn't get moldy? All my babies are drying up.

@SamStone1964

2 жыл бұрын

Any fruit or vegetable that isn't wet. Carrot, apple, potato, pepper. You can put it on some newspaper, paper towel or cardboard.

Are mealworms sensitive to mold? Should moldy bread be removed immediately or is a little bit ok?

@NWRedworms

6 жыл бұрын

not that I know, but we originally were removing chunks of moldy food since they were not eating all the potato or carrot.

At 8:08 you can hear them chewing soo cool I'm gonna breed meal worms for my D'anver chikens and my fish.

Very nice video. Thank you. What do you do with all these? Do you have a website?

@NWRedworms

5 жыл бұрын

yes, northwestredworms.com

I used to keep mealworms and superworms in a little plastic cup I learned it the hard way then you can't keep them in something like that what's 200 worms in a cramps cramped space the cup would get extremely moist to the point that you could touch the walls of the inside of the cup and it will be slightly wet every time I would put any kind of fruit inyhere Liking The oatmeal at the bottom of the cup would get moldy fast and that inevitably ended with me cleaning it more frequently than I liked to be The first time I kept mealworms and superworms I made some not so wise and a lazy decisions like one time back when I was keeping mealworms and superworms and a little plastic cup I didn't do much research on how to care but I heard that they get their water from fruit I was too lazy to put any fruit in there so I decided it would be more convenient to spray the oatmeal what I got was moldy oatmeal and Dead mealworms and superworms I learned my lesson after a very long painful cycle of changing oatmeal every time I put fruit in there and it got moldy because of fruit juice and so many worms in one spot mixed with oatmeal So after learning my lesson I moved the mealworms into a bigger tank the tank is so big a bearded dragon would be comfortable in there I filled it with oatmeal and I ordered 1000 superworms on Amazon Now when I go to the pet store to get crickets for my frogs I always try to get two or three cups of superworms usually the 50 count to keep a supply Now I don't use direct water anywhere near the oatmeal in the tank and I give them fruit I put a whole Apple in the tank and by the next day they've already started eating into it

Is that OK to feed them with ginger?

have you ever used moist paper towels as a water source? i have been raising meal worms and super worm and i prefer to use moist paper towel as a water source, but you have to use a lid to prevent it from contact with the substrate and causing mold...your worms will love the wet or moisten paper towels.. they will crawled into it and to me it seems they grow faster and healthier too... to clean all the frass, i just use a vacuum and hold it to a point(6-7'') where it won't suck up the worms and its super fast and easy to clean, try it if you haven't?!!

@NWRedworms

5 жыл бұрын

I dip the bread in water and they attack the bread. They also consume the bread so my frass is clean when I sift it out.

Who else got the chills? Just me? Okay

@bobkelley8291

4 жыл бұрын

not me as i ate half of lemon pie while watching this video.

Very useful method, I just subscribed

Where do you get your trays?

@BenDovers48372Channel

4 жыл бұрын

Mealworm Farm looks like cement mixing tubs they work great for this as well as snake breeding and mouse or rat breeding

I though those were biscuits....

How do you get started

I just started raising mealworms, have about 100 right now and noticed some of my beetles have parasites, do you have recommendations on how to keep them healthy?

@LolLol-rn4nh

4 жыл бұрын

Madbrahmin how can you tell they have parasites?

@ISeeDeadGamers

8 ай бұрын

use split peas grind them up to powder what you have is grain mites.

@S.Trades

5 ай бұрын

​​@@ISeeDeadGamers grain mites are a nightmare. Always, always, freeze your oatmeal/wheatmeal well, before use! You might do best to chuck away that culture and start again. Thoroughly wash and dry your mealworm containers.

@ISeeDeadGamers

5 ай бұрын

i don't have them Split peas ground up into a powder takes care of the problem swiftly. i don't put carrots in my wheat bran anymore i just spray the bran with water only enough so they can consume, i am adding 2 pound of wheat bran every 4 days i have 10 containers working on getting more it a good little side hustle and the chickens love them. @@S.Trades

@S.Trades

5 ай бұрын

@@ISeeDeadGamers are you saying ground up split peas, kills grain mites? Who found that out?

how do u not oversoak the bread? Because im afraid that it will mold because i have oatmeal in my bin.... But i use carrot and stuff too and they only take bits out of it... they are eating ore oats than the stuff i put in there! so maybe i will try the flatbread cause they really dont eat the potato or carrots.

i don't mind the 4 dollars for the hundred mealworms at my local petstore.

how do you separate the larvae from the pupa

@NWRedworms

6 жыл бұрын

we either pick them out or set the bin aside (if they are mostly all pupating) and let the bin hatch out.

How often do you give them moist food?

@NWRedworms

2 жыл бұрын

every day

@valentinnikolov6882

2 жыл бұрын

@@NWRedworms Thanks. You feed them every day and they eat so voraciously. That's amazing.

The meal worms I bought to start my colony were twice as big as the ones I have now. What am I doing wrong?

@zepo6573

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's a good thing. the mealworm is growing and soon will turn into pupas

@gsmscrazycanuck9814

6 жыл бұрын

What?

@justoneanimator1109

6 жыл бұрын

Brent S they will soon turn into bugs

@marlonwood8952

6 жыл бұрын

some meal worms are treated with hormones to keep them growing in the larval stage.

What's all the dust on the boxes

@dawnlark629

3 жыл бұрын

its the frass aka the mealworm poop

Time for me to do this again.

What is the food looks like tortilla ??

cucumber

So you add water/moisten the bread?

@NWRedworms

6 жыл бұрын

I do that now. If the mealworms lose interest in the bread because it's too dry I will dip it in the water and give it back. They are doing much better with this method.

@Stuff_happens

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I tried regular bread. I’ll look for flat bread like in your video.

beetles need water also?

@dawnlark629

3 жыл бұрын

yes they do. u can put what he put but i use potato carrot apple and stuff like that

At what point should you add a water source to the just hatched baby mealworms?

@emilytuell2326

6 жыл бұрын

Olive's Play and Learn TV immediately

@clarencesiason8349

6 жыл бұрын

Not real water just fruits and veggies full of moisture

@SamStone1964

2 жыл бұрын

I add the water source immediately lest they cannibalise each other looking for moisture.

I have gotten very very small mite like bugs in my meal worms.what are they and will they harm worms or get in my house.they appeared on potato that molded and now are really bad.how do I get rid of them.

@ColePanike

6 жыл бұрын

Helen Crowe Grain mites. Throw out the batch and start again I'm afraid. There no saving it and they'll infest your house.

@ecast9944

6 жыл бұрын

Helen Crowe b

@jecriggs

5 жыл бұрын

as Cole Panike said, they are grain mites, likely from the bedding you used. It's best to freeze the bedding (bran, oats, or whatever other grain you are using) at least overnight before adding it to your bin(s). This will minimize the risk of grain mites infesting your colony.

Why you feed them pancakes?

@IAmHumanJake

5 жыл бұрын

Not pancakes flat bread. Did you not pay attention he said what they are for

good I like

Are you still doing this?

@NWRedworms

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, but I am scaling it down.

@bettabreeder9307

5 жыл бұрын

Do you sell them? If so I would like to buy some if you ship to ND

@bettabreeder9307

5 жыл бұрын

It also depends on the price

@NWRedworms

5 жыл бұрын

@@bettabreeder9307 yes we do, www.northwestredworms.com/all/mealworms

NWRedworms, Can you use mealworm frass to feed your redworms? I know that redworms eat BSFL castings.

@NWRedworms

5 жыл бұрын

You can use a little at a time in a small bin. But it better to use it in your soil mix to feed the living biology to include the worms in your soil.

I left oatmeal to rot it turned green then black then mealworms came out

@SamStone1964

2 жыл бұрын

More likely fly maggots than mealworms.

You can just give them a light mist of water every now and then.

@samkom33

5 жыл бұрын

by adding water,, you risk that ALL the OATS-WHEAT BRAN IN THE BOX START TO MOLD. BY ADDING A vegetable PPIECE its easyer to keep it seperate and the worms can pick and choose. Cind of like humans dont mixt say chips and coke until its in the mouth. hehe

@MegaTechno2000

5 жыл бұрын

@@samkom33 Well, that might be the case with Wheat Bran . I use just Oats, and have no top and been feeding them fruit/vegetable, plus a light mist of water every other day for the past 8 years without a problem.

@samkom33

5 жыл бұрын

@@MegaTechno2000 yes if the top is open and the air is dry,, a mist of water shouldnt be a problem,,, also the thickness of the layer of food matter,,, if you have say a big box with 1 to 2 inches of bran and just a tiny air hole your almost asking for trouble, even without extra water. hehe

@MegaTechno2000

5 жыл бұрын

@@samkom33 Yes, when I first started out I used a top and got grain mites.Took the top off and let everything dry out, and the mites went away.

wow! duwow! of this echo whatcowow! of this done what you feed him?

@ElectricBoogaloo007

4 жыл бұрын

What?

Food bank for worms?

@m.jckaloe..jonstoe1576

5 жыл бұрын

Lili Grapendaal - I know it sounds awful and like he's cheap / taking advantage

@fureveryoungfarm3752

4 жыл бұрын

Ugh, NO, he said its food they couldn't use as in out dated stale ect. Jeesh people.

I feel bad for the insect larvae, they get killed and eaten without ever becoming pupae or adults.

@wildflower2598

4 жыл бұрын

It’s the circle of life and for them it’s a pretty long life

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Waring:d0 n0t watch this while when you eat dinner Or your will ded

Meal worms can eat styrofoam and it’s perfectly broken down into compost and does not hurt then worms! Look it up. Just spray with water to feed. Makes a good system

@dylandoyal9091

4 жыл бұрын

I have a few setups for this

@carpyhook4639

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylandoyal9091 what do you use the styrofoam for....not plants i hope....styrofoam isnt organic is it.

Why on earth do need to grow up these things....?🤤🤤

@emilytuell2326

6 жыл бұрын

Some people fry and eat them,I use them to feed my lizards and chickens

@grayvee734

6 жыл бұрын

i use to feed them to my hedgehogs

@MegaMyjason

3 жыл бұрын

Chickens loves them

use water crystals

@kenjiro2676

6 жыл бұрын

Barbarian King do they mold?

@CyanideOwl

5 жыл бұрын

Water crystals are not as good because they are not natural. Sometimes mealworms die from them.

You get worm food from the food bank?? Why?! I think you might be better off using your own food and leaving the food bank food for people who actually need it. That's horrible.

@jecriggs

5 жыл бұрын

This is food that the food bank would be throwing out, not feeding to people - it's stale food that is no longer suitable for human consumption. A very good way to use up spent food rather than let it go to waste.

@fureveryoungfarm3752

4 жыл бұрын

He says in the video its food they was throwing out. Jeesh !