mickp
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Post by mickp on Dec 30, 2007 20:33:33 GMT 10
my birds are eating so much live food at the moment due to breeding going crazy.
what I am wondering is if anyone has bred mealworms and if so, could you pls pls pls let me know what is required to do so.
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Post by sebzpets on Dec 30, 2007 21:03:58 GMT 10
Mealworms are really easy to get breeding mick.....think there might be a thread here somewhere or a link (Robert will know that 1 for sure). But basicly all you need are some mealworms,a container and some unprocessed bran...which reminds me I must go check on mine that are on the fridge that I haven't looked at for weeks now LMAO
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Post by grego on Dec 30, 2007 21:36:35 GMT 10
Yes Mealworms my neighbour has is in 2 compartments  1 worm's and wet shredded newspaper with leftover fruit and veggies placed on top and 2nd layer compost for the garden... The best part with all the rain lately fishing will be good also  |
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Post by petiel on Dec 31, 2007 11:05:40 GMT 10
Greg are you sure your neighbour has mealworm and not earthworms? I have bred both mealworm and earthworms and they are both so easy to breed.
What Seb said is how I bred my mealworms and I did the earthworms just like Greg's neighbour.
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Post by silvercloud on Dec 31, 2007 17:22:36 GMT 10
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 2, 2008 16:09:58 GMT 10
Pauline that is exactly what I was thinking. We have bred both and still have the earthworms and what Greg described sounds like earthworms..........sorry Greg. We kept the mealworms in a container inside and fed them bran and bread.
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mickp
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Post by mickp on Jan 2, 2008 20:00:19 GMT 10
;D thank you for the link
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Post by mrsmacka on Jan 29, 2008 13:01:22 GMT 10
I started out in a large fishtank & have had to expand to using the plastic boxes from Big W ( I think you can get them for about $18)
Never throw out the messy bits with beetle bodies etc as there will probably be eggs in it, I sit mine in an ice cream container for quite a while to see if anything hatches. I use carrot & apple as a source of moisture. I'm lucky coz I can get some beetles from the shed which gives me an early start.
I have also heard of people using pollard & chicken rearer as a subturate. I found out during last winter that they will need warmth to hatch & carry on growing.
I have a friend who has set them up on a broom cupboard, he has a light in the bottom for heat & has slides on the side of the cupboard to sit his boxes on. He drills holes in the lids for air
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Post by grego on Jan 29, 2008 19:44:05 GMT 10
oops Earthworms :)either way good eating for fish |
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 29, 2008 20:26:42 GMT 10
lol Greg about the earthworms and I love your signature. ;D a regular army you have there. ;D
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Post by grego on Jan 29, 2008 20:51:03 GMT 10
Thanks Sums up my bird life so far..lol...  |
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mickp
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Post by mickp on Feb 2, 2008 11:01:24 GMT 10
thanks everyone for the help & advice given here.
I now have my first container of mealworms at the stage of becoming pupae (or however you spell it) approx 500 worms went into this container, now to wait and see if it works. will be starting another container soon so that it hopefully becomes a continual cycle.
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Post by silvercloud on Feb 2, 2008 11:21:48 GMT 10
Good luck with them Mick.
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Post by Jane on Feb 2, 2008 12:26:32 GMT 10
Fingers crossed for happy worm breeding |
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 6, 2008 6:47:09 GMT 10
Good on ya. I should do it again too.......maybe. I just got my sprouts going again.........don't rush me ;D
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Post by mickp on Feb 23, 2008 16:29:02 GMT 10
after what was beginning to feel like forever the bugs are now starting to emerge, so I decided that I had better get another container of mealworm underway so that eventually (with luck) it will become a continuous cycle.
am as yet undecided as to wether I sure split the original container into 2 or not. guess I will learn by trial& error as I go lol
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