First harvest!

I got a group of seven sparrows that came in while we were in Florida, and I needed some mealworms to feed them, so I experienced my first "harvest".  I don't have a lot of worms that are the size we usually feed to birds, so I picked some out of the bedding with bird-feeding forceps.  I felt kind of bad, since these worms are sort of like pets to me and here I go, letting another creature eat them, but that's why I raised them!  I guess I'll get used to it.   I've got to read some more and figure out a better way to harvest them.  Here's a picture of my first crop.

Traveling worms

We're heading to Florida for two weeks, so I put my mealworm "file cabinet" into the motorhome to go with us.  I like checking on them so I didn't want to leave them with someone else.  I hope they like the trip!!

Baby pictures

Now there are hundreds of new baby worms.  When I stir them with my finger, the bedding sort of "boils" with worms.  I gave them some carrot pieces again and they are drinking out of them!  Here's a picture beside a penny, so you can see their size.

Baby worms are growing

I just lifted the newspaper which covers the baby worms and found a "nest" of castings, where they have shed their outer layer so they can grow.  I've put a picture in this post.

I'm also showing a picture that shows several sizes of baby worms.  You'll have to click on the picture and blow it up to see them.  As soon as I "stir" the bedding, you can see lots of movement, but they quickly head for cover and dig in!