It is always a big experiment around here.
Wanting to add some healthy protein to our chicken’s diet we decided to play around with meal worms. Yes, we are growing meal worms,  in plastic totes, in our house.
From what Dadzoo (or farmer Mike) has researched they are really easy to grow.  They need some type of medium to craw around in, a food source, a water source and warmth.
We prepared a big plastic tote with wood chips, dog food and some lettuce.  We originally wanted to use wheat germ for food and bedding but it is taking awhile to get here so this is what we have for now.
The new wiggly babies seems to like their home and hopefully we will soon see beetles, that will lay eggs, that will turn into meal worms, that will be fed to chickens or left grown into beetles.

It’s the circle of life, y’all.

I’ll let you know how it goes.