I am getting a flock of backyard hens and was wondering how many worms this can generate a month? Would it be a practice worm generating farm?
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I bought 2 of these 4 months ago, I bought 1000 starter red worms and now have enough to start the second farm. I also have chickens and some day when I have extra worms, they may get a snack. I bought the 2 farms for the castings and the worm tea for my vegetables. Last summer a friend gave me some tea when my veggies weren't doing well. My garden thrived on the tea and chickens got fresh veggies. Jr at gameing_nm@yahoo.com
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Under favorable conditions, mature red worms can produce two to three cocoons per week? That's a lot of baby worms, considering each cocoon will yield anywhere from 3-20 juvenile worms! If you want long-lasting sustainability, it's important to keep your red wigglers comfortable and happy to encourage more reproduction.
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they are used to compost your waste veggies and fruit, card board, etc. not for use as food for your hens as u would have to have a much larger amount. no for this use.
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Let me just say that this is the best vermicompost bin I've seen so far, and I've seen a bunch. My bin has a LOT of worms, but I don't take any out of the system. I'd say once you get the population and environment set up (6 months to a year) you could take out a good handful or two a week. Or throw each bird a worm or two a day. You could also use this to incubate your worms and start a big leaf and manure pile that you could feed with castings and worms from your cafe. If you've got a big family, this may be the way to go. It's possible that this could be a primary feed source for your hens, but I wouldn't plan on it. Let me just say that this is the best vermicompost bin I've seen so far, and I've seen a bunch. My bin has a LOT of worms, but I don't take any out of the system. I'd say once you get the population and environment set up (6 months to a year) you could take out a good handful or two a week. Or throw each bird a worm or two a day. You could also use this to incubate your worms and start a big leaf and manure pile that you could feed with castings and worms from your cafe. If you've got a big family, this may be the way to go. It's possible that this could be a primary feed source for your... » Read More Let me just say that this is the best vermicompost bin I've seen so far, and I've seen a bunch. My bin has a LOT of worms, but I don't take any out of the system. I'd say once you get the population and environment set up (6 months to a year) you could take out a good handful or two a week. Or throw each bird a worm or two a day. You could also use this to incubate your worms and start a big leaf and manure pile that you could feed with castings and worms from your cafe. If you've got a big family, this may be the way to go. It's possible that this could be a primary feed source for your hens, but I wouldn't plan on it. « Show Less
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I have! There's more than enough to get a colony going. In fact, I split the order with someone else (in Feb 2014), and now I probably have 20,000 little little ones. They're not big enough to feed the chickens yet, but getting there!
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There are special Bluebird feeders (they are kind of drive a through -- oh I guess I mean a fly through) that you put the mealworms in. I have also used a regular platform feeder and the deck railing, but be careful of the wind if you use an open feeder. My chickens go crazy over them, too!
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Idk. Save your money. Invest in a composting site and worms. It will work better last longer.
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Hi, Amy. They don't smell really good (the worms) but we started making a lot of bluebirds happy in a matter of days. If they get wet, dump them and start fresh. I noticed that the birds won't touch them if they are not dry and fresh. The Bluebirds are the only ones that eat them in our yard...but Bluebirds are scarce around here so we're very please they have adopted our yard. We had 5 babies already in the Bluebird house and 2 more eggs are there now. Anyway, don't give up just yet. Oh, we have noticed a drop in the number of the worms eaten since the relly warm weather. During the early spring (Massachusetts) we had to fill the little dish 3 times a day. Best of luck. Alan
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As others have stated you need to put this down once a year in August which immediately kills the worms. They are the result of the June bugs larva. Where I live if you don't your lawn will be torn up by the crows who love to feast on them so I have a reminder if I do forget like this year. After the crows started digging up my lawn I put it down and it stopped them the next day. Amazing stuff and highly recommend it...
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It depends on the size of your household food waste and how fast you want the worm castings. I have a household of four which produces on average two of those one gallon countertop bin ( one bin to the WF 360, the other set aside to rot ) per week with just a thousand worms. I am now on my third month and was able to harvest the first tray which amount to about two gallons of castings. Hereafter, I can expect to harvest once a month with the four trays in rotation. Hope this help.
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This system works great with red wrigglers ( thats what I raise ). Be sure to use RAIN water to wet the bedding,DO NOT USE TAP WATER,as it will make the worms sick and will die .Hope this helps you out.
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Hi. We hatched out chicks last month. When the time was up, it just kept running. We had it running for an extra day and it did not shut off until we turned it off. Good luck with your hatch!
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Yes, according to what I've read, the worms lay eggs and reproduce in the environment. We only set this up a few weeks ago so I can't speak from experience, but it's what I've heard.
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I've had a redworm bin for 21 years without having to buy more worms. I've had many fungus gnat and fruit fly infestations and have used this product many times. (Usually I move the bin outside, wait several days until the gnats disappear, then start a new bin using worms harvested from a worm bin I moved outside in my previous infestation cycle, hopefully many months before. I'm always afraid it will be only 99.9% effective and I'll breed resistance if I start out with too many gnats.)
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You can make about two batches with that amount. We did a project with three kids and each one had about 3-4 egg shells
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The worm population will grow and adjust to amount of food you put it. With the Can O Worms, you'll start using just one level, and as you increase the volumes of food, the worm population will increase. This is the best worm farming system I have ever used and highly recommend it.
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Yes and Yes, but I have found that this is not a bad thing. Beneficial worms can come up from the soil and process your material, this is good. My compost doesn't get hot enough to make the environment bad for the worms. In case you don't know, the casings that the worms produce is very beneficial to your garden. I hope this helps answer your questions.
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My girls had sticktight fleas. I used the dust and spread diamataceous earth on the hen house floor every time I clean out the hen house. They will make your chickens sick and lay less eggs if you can't control them. I have not seen any lice or fleas on them since using this method.
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I haven't actually used it yet. But I'm gonna guess you will really stress your chickens with the sound and egg production will go WAY down. Stressed chickens don't lay lots or good quality eggs. Happy chickens do. the sound would be maddening to them.
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I used what it came with, I think 1000....if you can get a smaller amount....and keep the factory at optimum conditions, they will multiply very quickly. Mine have had 4 hatchings in about 9 months. I will be getting another factory at end of this growing season......any other quest.....bluesman99026@msn.com....bless you, Tom