Mealworm farming for chickens...is it worth it?

[Wineberry Hill]

I have been researching mealworm farming for protein for my chickens. has anyone done it? Is it worth the work?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

If you try it please let us know how it goes!

And - WELCOME!

 

[tortoise]

@sumi (RIP) did it. If you use the search function you can find the posts where she talked about it.

 

[baymule]

Nope, haven't done that.

 

[A Justice]

I started raising mealworms about a month ago for my chickens. I got some worms off an ebay seller that weren't treated with anything. Over half of them have transitioned from pupa to beetle, and I've separated the eggs and I'm waiting for them to hatch. Theres a few hundred beetles, so they should lay 20,000+ eggs. I'll report back when the eggs hatch.

 

[Mini Horses]

Good. Report all the pros/cons. I've considered, haven't do e it yet.

 

[A Justice]

Some of the eggs finally hatched. It took about 2 months to go from old worms to new worms. Theres got to be a few thousand little worms, and I'm sure there's a ton of eggs that haven't hatched yet.