Thanks to everyone that watched the Premiere... just something we wanted to do to hang out with everyone for a bit! Please check out the description to check out all of the products we featured. And special thanks to FarmFoods for all of the work they have done with us and our viewers to give away some of their grassfed beef! We love you guys!
Yeah after looking at your beetles they are superworms. I have a farm of those for my Bearded Dragon, and turtles. To get them to turn onto beetles they need to be individual separated in containers and left without food or water. Now with your beetles you need to leave the dried veggies that you feed them in the container. They lay there eggs on it and the crate and oats. Leave them in there container for 3months at a time then remove the beetles and leave the rest, but add oats and veggies to that so the babies can grow. Now you can put the beetles in a new container to start lays eggs all over again. They will produce about 500 eggs in there life time. If you have any questions please pm me at my IG monsterp170. Good luck.
Please be careful. I am a bat worker in the UK and we use mealworms to feed them. It has been found that a number of people including myself have developed severe allergies to the caustic dust produced by mealworms. I now cannot be near them or i suffer anaphylaxis. We also had a lady die from this. It is very understudied but doctors are now researching it. If you find you have any breathing difficulties during or after being near the mealworms take care and monitor the situation.
@@vodkacola5182 I don't know, but I know I developed allergies to mealworm frass... It could be from the bedding in some cases. When I was working with them, I found I had more issues with mealworms on wheat germ than on oatmeal. But in the end, they both caused me problems. This is a known issue. research mealworm allergies. It is best to NOT mess with them without a mask whether you have allergies to them or not, because most people eventually do develop allergies to them.
I raised flesh eating dermestid beetles. It's easy for me to understand how the dust from them could become toxic. The smell only was bad when I was lazy and didn't keep their bedding clean. Also the "frass" is full of easily accessibly plant fertilizer, to be sure, that can be removed to be mixed into the garden soil. After all, it's really only a combination of the beetle's moltings and their excrement. It seems to me that if the bedding is changed enough and the habitat is kept clean enough, the dust should be minimized, and allergies could possibly be mitigated. Also is there a reason why mealworms are being cultured instead of black soldier flys? Hope this helped.
It is actually normal for the adult mealworms to start moving slowely. It's a sign they are going to pupate in a couple weeks. Only throw the black ones away, they are dead.
Peggy: **sees 5000 meal-worms on table** **touches them** "wow their so big" _____________________________________________ Most Wives: **sees 5000 meal-worms on table** "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Hope you guys are all ok. I've gotten addicted to watching your farm and family grow. You are all amazing, especially the boys! You are all an inspiration for anyone who is trying to go over to homesteading. It takes a lot of courage, hard work , and love of community to do what you do.
I hope they breed for you. I raise mealworms myself and when I first got into them I heard a lot about farms feeding their mealworms chemicals to elongate their mealworm stage so they'd grow bigger as feeders, but not turn into beetles. I purposely bought smaller mealworms to avoid this, and they've been going really well for a year :)
@@whitehouseonthehill did this set of large worms work out? Did you need to isolate in worm stage to get a beatle? did you eventually order smaller mealworms? Thanks
Like us, mealworms do best on a varied diet. Any kind of cereal grains, stale whole grain breads, even the dusty chicken feed the chooches won't eat, and keep them warm, they will reproduce and grow faster. What goes in the mealworms will eventually go in the chooches. The better variety the food/gut load, the better for the chooches. Watch out for mold on your fruits and veggies, better to lay flat on top than stick down in as you have. The difference between the farm meal worms and the store bought, is the farm ones are well fed, the store bought not so much, especially from the big box stores. You were wise to purchase from a meal worm farm. Some very nice gifts you received. I really like the pot holders.
When people make videos like " I surprised my wife with 5000 roses , my man over here surprised his wife with 5000 meal worms" that's the love and respect for each other ❤️
I’ve done mealworms and super worms. I was only using carrots because potatoes will go rancid and smell after a while and carrots don’t. One other thing that I found is when you change out the bedding put it in a tote for a week or two and you will have a bunch more mealworms that are still hatching out. Also they are so tiny when they first hatch out you can’t even see them. I would put a small scoop of bedding on a tote lid and look for the movement to see if they were producing or not. Hope you find some of this useful. Thx.
i have never had problems with mold putting say potatos ore any vegetable in there,, but i never put it in directly after cutting it.. i let the vegetable cut off sit to dry a few hours ore overnight so its not running wet on the outside before putting it most times on top of an old egg carton piece. ore an old toilet paper roll .
Definitely carrots are my favorite. They don’t mold they will just dry out and you don’t have to worry about it rotting or going bad like other fruits or vegetables. I used potatoes for a while and I absolutely didn’t like them!
I have looked through so many of your videos looking for what you feed your chickens. I remember at one point you said something about "game". Can you refresh my old mind as I want to change what I feed my girls. Love your channel!!
LOL....If I didn't know how COOL a lady Becky is, I'd think she'd exclaim: "Jake you get them 5,000 mealworms outta my house",....hehehe...she even grabbed a handful of them, and it seems the other mealworms were a big hit with the chickens, so this White House on the Hill project= SUCCESS! Just one question Jake, the beetles that you bought are the adult version of the mealworms or just a different insect species? Ah,...OUR FAVORITE THINGS for Christmas, included your composing the 12 Channels of Christmas, this oughta be really GREAT, can't wait to hear the whole song! :)
Just a small piece of advice. I recently had to destroy my mealworm farm that was in the house. There is some kind of moth that apparently loves to lay their eggs in the food of mealworms. When they hatch, you have all kinds of moths flying around. I would see a few come out of the mealworm farm each day. They are all over my ceiling. I vacuum them up daily and more show up every day. I haven't been able to identify where they are hiding but after they hatched inside, the flourished and continue to grow.
I used to breed mealworms by the thousands for our reptiles and found that non medicated chicken layer crumbles worked best and was the cheapest. I used carrots for them to get moisture since they didn't make the crumbles wet like potatoes can. If you look up Rainbow Mealworms through Ebay I think you'll find them to be about the cheapest place anywhere for feeder insects. I will say that the worms in this video are very large and I wondered at first if they weren't Superworms instead of regular mealworms.
Try American Cricket Ranch. For 5k mealworms it's less then what you paid. They have different sizes and some other feeder insects as well. I used to get mine from them when I was still living in America. Also if you want to continue breeding them you will need a third box for the pupa. If you don't the larvae (mealworms) may end up eating them. Then as soon as they have morphed into adults (Darkling Beetles) move them to the beetle tub or once again they may eat the other pupa, just make sure the newly morphed beetles are a dark reddish brown and not white before you move them.
This is great!!! I have been looking for other ideas for chicken native diet, but not too many you tubes offer that advice. This is a native food. That is, at least the fruit and worms are, I don't know about the wheat germ. How to purchase the worms. All-in-all, this is beyond good advice. Thanks! Now, I would also think the chickens can be used for grub control. We had grubs last year, and my sig other ran out an purchased some chemical toxic grub nonsense. He has yet to see how much of a deal-changer that is to me, mostly due to a thick scull.
Great video with lots of interesting items. Thanks so much. I do not mind the meal worms but not the beatles..unless it was John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Such a beautiful video, it is very exciting that you are raising mealworms, I think it will work out wonderfully for you! It is fun to see your little one get to learn about farm life :)
Thanks for the info just got 5000 mealworms and they are less than half the size even tho they were supposed to be large might order another 5000 from this company
Okay but for real I wanna live like this. You guys just have a genuinely amazing family and life. I love watching your videos so much. Always put a smile on my face. And oooo yuck I don’t think I could handle those mealworms 😰
+Alysa Marie - thanks, Alysa, for the compliments! The mealworms are genuinely fun to watch move around... I used to be creeped out by that stuff and it's pretty interesting. Sorry if we grossed you out 😀
I raise meal worms to feed my hedgehog and bearded dragon. It’s saved us a fortune raising them instead of buying from the pet store. Be careful and watch for mold on your fruit....I put paper towels under the carrots and apples. I use generic oatmeal for my beetles and meal worms, and remove the pupae’s as the worms evolve. Good luck with your worms!
Glad you put in apple. They are good fried in garlic powder, onion powder and butter. Also dipped in chocolate after oven roasted. Can be put in stir fry. How the heck can you resist? Good that you folks can start over. Little expensive! But if you can keep them hatching they are worth it. The birds are lucky at your house! What did you do with the money your folks gave you for singing lessons? 😆 lol. Blessings to all of you. P.S. how is the baby baking going?
White House on the Hill Did you put your egg crate pieces in with beetles? They like a little something to eat too. Good job you two for keeping the boys happy and healthy and very curious. Goes along way to stabilize them in a great home. Send me a 🐈 hee hee. My service dog misses the one he grew up with. Maybe for Christmas he will get a new shelter adult cat. Blessings
Lots of worms very cool 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜 You capture everything so well, even the little things. Thank you so much for sharing. with us May success be with you, always…Wishing you good luck! Benny
So cool thank you as I won one of the gift cards. It’s great watching your channel as I live in an HOA ruled community and your channel makes me wish I lived elsewhere.
I currently have Covid and I was trying to find some new RUclipsrs aka family channels and I would never think I would fall in love with people that live on a farm I love your family and you guys are so interesting im for sure subbing
I am addicated to your RUclips channel first day watching your family. The worms are big because they are superworms. I feed them to my reptiles. I need to watch your setup video, like the way your racking system for the superworm breeding.
Can we get a baby and Becky update video?! How are you feeling? What’s life like homesteading and pregnant? What kind of birth are you planning? Will you do a home birth? I’m 18 weeks along also after a long long wait also. So excited for y’all!! And so curious! Lol
We give banana peels to our mealworms and the beatles. Also we shred carrots and mix it with the oatmeal. That way you get more moisture and their eggs don't dry out.
I moved from the middle of nowhere Georgia to busy New York.. I'm subbed to this channel because I miss chickens.. this is a nice break from the busy. ♥️
Okay. I want the first take on the jingle each time. This should be interesting. I have a hard time touching meal worms to put them on fishing hooks. And crickets are out. I took care of my brother's bearded dragon for a week or 2, and had to feed her crickets.
+Patrice's Projects - good idea... I did have to take 2-3 takes to sing it, kept saying Snake Discovery at the wrong pace. I'll include the bloopers on that next time.
The black soldier fly larvae (Phoenix worm) r amazing for chickens! They r full of calcium. U should check those out as well. The adult flies don’t have mouths, they r job is just to mate, lay eggs, and die. I breed mealworms and superworms as well!
I enjoy watching your videos of your family and your farm. My husband and I hope to have a farm one day and its encouraging to see your family living the similar lifestyle we hope to achieve. Thankyou for sharing your story. P.s. Your wife is gorgeous.
I saw on another channel where a guy took roadkill and put it in a 5 gal pail with holes drilled in the bottom and suspended it in their chicken yard. Chickens loved the maggots dropping to the ground. They also raised soldier fly larvae.
I wouldnt use potato iv raised mealies for years for my reptiles and fish and i find cut potato mold pretty quickly i give greens scraps and full/baby carrots mainly as well as apple slices Also love then shoutout to Al hes a great insperation. him and cog hill farms are a few of the "smaller" shows that i look forward too
any followup videos with separating the pupae from the container before they are eaten? or the poop etc.? How many chickens do you have and how much do you feed meal worm wise?
Those are awesome pot covers. I need these because I'm the one who says don't touch that handle it just come out of the oven and then I grab it. Thanks for sharing those and the soaps. It's cool that you share others items on your channel. I hope to get some honey from you guys this year. I missed out earlier.
My daughter and my started a channel. We only have one video, but we gave you a shoutout at the end. I love all the products. I’m for sure gonna check them out.
I was sitting watching thinking worms....then beatles...ohhhhhh my goodness, I got goosebumps. I have to say I do want the mealworms when we get our farm for the chickens and I probably could do it. But I'll keep an eye on what you guys are doing. Big smile here, Hugs to everyone. Anna Banana
I really need help, I had a big container with holes drilled through the sides, I had 1,000 super worms and a week after giving them carrots I started to notice the substrate was oddly wet, and some of the worms started to move slowly, the next week the substrate was awful and a bunch of worms had died, any advice for what I did wrong? I used oats and kept them in a good spot
+NeoNpyro Purple - so either their excrement caused the moisture or the carrots did. Moisture will cause mold to form. Keep the container as clean as you can and they should do fine.
You should have bees ;) We had a one acre farm property so we hatched 7 bantom chicks hoping for layers- Our chicks were gorgeous and we really enjoyed all 7 ROOSTERS eho became pets!! Not a single laying hen was hatched lol. Unforseen circumstances forced us into the city and my family desperstely misses our little homestead- love your videos, reminds me of home..
So I was watching another 1 of your vids and started thinking while watching this 1 When you trim the birds wings how high can they fly then So let's say normally whatever it is can fly 15ft into the air how high up after
I love your guys videos. My grandpa plants a lot of veggies each year.... we tried keeping chickens but no matter how hard we try the predators always seems to get them.
If ya put a bit of polyfil (pillow stuffing) in the holes you drilled helps keep out other little bugs/insects as well as when/if the container tips over, and still allows airflow
Thank you for the video. It was very nice. The 5000 mealworms is surely a big number. I assume you will be using them as some nutrition supplement for the hens, is that correct? They probably would not last long as a chicken food source alone. It is evident that you have big big hopes from the beetles. Hope you will apply the optimal configuration for them. There might be a good idea to separate not only beetles from any other stages, but also pupas from the larvas. Once the beetle comes out it starts biting other pupas, which badly damages and may thwart development or generate exotic looking partially developed beetles. Keep in mind that the most popular beetles will not last long as every other beetle will want to interact and therefore the popular beetler will end up having the number of their appendages reduced. Such beetles ought to go for the feeding, because they are more susceptible to be the starting point of some kind of outbreak. You may want to regularly strain the wheat from the powder. Keep the strained powder and strain it again after a while to collect the remaining individuals. In my opinion, you should have an exceptionally large amount of mealworm farm units for even the minimal additional supplement satisfaction of the hens. They don't grow very-very fast. I would estimate that a thousand larva mealworm farm unit would be sufficient for a few dwarf hamsters nutrition supplement. It is possible to enhance the growth and development of mealworm stages by keeping them in over-natural conditions - the conditions that are better than what could typically naturally exist. Keep them in an incubator with +30°C, 25% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide, 70% relative humidity. A crossbreeding between contents of such mealworm generating stations, filtering, and selected removal of undesirable traits (inherited and obtained) would avoid crashes. If mealworm farm seems too resource consuming, then it might as well be a better idea to use alternatives: how about providing boiled eggs for the birds regularly, while maintaining their constant access to crushed sea shell, shredded burnt oak wood charcoal, small gravel, sand (in that case might as well add diatomaceous earth powder) sources? If not, then how about sources of fish? Fish farm? Sprouts? Now that's simple. You can also be more creative by setting up mouse and rat traps, and feeding the catch for the hens. Provide freshly cut grass, many different insects, critters, small animals, meat in general. Again, sea shells, crushed to their regular working size. Idea for a paper: raise mealworm eggs into beetles using only stable isotope labeled food, then feed the beetles to rodents, and rodents to chicken. Might use even longer chain (but I'm not necessarily referring to cats). Get reliable data, compare with newest "theoretical yield", discover anomalies, give future ideas, and publish. Cheers
Ive eaten meal worms, i fried them in butter and like chilli pepper and other seasonings. I loved them. They had a glazy effect abd it was just soo much better then chicken
Try to keep black soldier fly larvae using chicken manure for your chicken. It is also a sustainable protein resource for those birds. Cheers from China.
+Carole St. Louis - we keep our chickens in a coop and some in chicken tractors. They can move around outside, but come in if they get cold. They are mealworms.
Nice video happy to see all the animals safe and sound and great to see you guys starting the meal worms for the chicken how are you the peachicks and the new eggs how are they doing just can't wait to what it is
Question I've been wanting to ask. Different people have told me to let my broody hen do her thing ( I warm weather of course) in amoung the flock! And an experienced momma hen will take care of her brood!? Have you done this? What's your opinion on this? Days of old this is how it happened. People didn't separate them, am I right?
+Amy Royalty- Gray - I would separate them to another location a few days before hatching or when the hatching occurs. When our chicks get mixed in with the flock, the hen can only protect so much before the others attack and kill the chicks.
Honestly mealworms and crickets are superfoods. People food of the future. Crickets are a complete protein including B vitamins and take substantially less resources to produce the same amount of protein as beef or chicken. Personally I'm a flexitarian so I'll eat whatever. ;)
Hi i'm new to your channel, i'm a lot in the reptile hoby and breed all king of insecte for my pet. The worm you got are not mealworm but superworm. The big larvea need to be isolated from all other worm to transform into pupate and then beetle. One they pupate in a small isolation cup you can transfer them directly in the beetle container, if you give water a lot le beetle won't eat le pupea. Good luck in your breeding projet, me I ended up with more bugs than i need, but home rised bug are heatlyer than those at the petstore.
I’m hoping to get some advice .. ok so .. my husband got our son two ducklings for Easter .. I’ve been keeping them in a tote with a light over them through the night and whenever it’s to cold or raining .. so my question is how long do I need to worry about them being warm and can I move them over to a coop with a light in it... they are getting big quick but they are still yellow right now seems like they are getting lighter in color everyday
Just curious but now that it's winter, when i get my eggs they are as cold as if they were in the fridge. Does that mean i should refrigerate them during the winter. I know during the summer i don't have to refrigerate them unless they get that cold, but in the winter they DO get that cold sooo.....?
+Meow Meow789 - fine line... once they get really cold, they should probably be refrigerated. If you collect them quickly enough throughout the day, I wouldn't worry about it. But the colder they get, the quicker the protective shell will wear down and the eggs will spoil faster (2-4 weeks, rather than 6-8 weeks)
Thanks to everyone that watched the Premiere... just something we wanted to do to hang out with everyone for a bit! Please check out the description to check out all of the products we featured. And special thanks to FarmFoods for all of the work they have done with us and our viewers to give away some of their grassfed beef! We love you guys!
Those look like superworms not mealworms. They are too large.
You will have to transition them different than meal worms.
Yeah after looking at your beetles they are superworms. I have a farm of those for my Bearded Dragon, and turtles. To get them to turn onto beetles they need to be individual separated in containers and left without food or water. Now with your beetles you need to leave the dried veggies that you feed them in the container. They lay there eggs on it and the crate and oats. Leave them in there container for 3months at a time then remove the beetles and leave the rest, but add oats and veggies to that so the babies can grow. Now you can put the beetles in a new container to start lays eggs all over again. They will produce about 500 eggs in there life time. If you have any questions please pm me at my IG monsterp170. Good luck.
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@@statusyoutube2976 - sorry forgot to get that in this one... next video
What more could a wife want
+Animals are AWESOME - 😀
@@whitehouseonthehill ßoy that some good stuff
Animals are AWESOME too 300th like 😂
Animals are AWESOME ya know BUGS!!!
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Please be careful. I am a bat worker in the UK and we use mealworms to feed them. It has been found that a number of people including myself have developed severe allergies to the caustic dust produced by mealworms. I now cannot be near them or i suffer anaphylaxis. We also had a lady die from this. It is very understudied but doctors are now researching it. If you find you have any breathing difficulties during or after being near the mealworms take care and monitor the situation.
+naturalwhitch - we'll keep that in mind
How can u get allergies from that? I think you'd develop immunity the longer you are exposed?
@@vodkacola5182 exposure doesn't always lead to immunity from allergies :(
@@vodkacola5182 I don't know, but I know I developed allergies to mealworm frass... It could be from the bedding in some cases. When I was working with them, I found I had more issues with mealworms on wheat germ than on oatmeal. But in the end, they both caused me problems.
This is a known issue. research mealworm allergies.
It is best to NOT mess with them without a mask whether you have allergies to them or not, because most people eventually do develop allergies to them.
I raised flesh eating dermestid
beetles. It's easy for me to
understand how the dust from
them could become toxic. The
smell only was bad when I
was lazy and didn't keep their
bedding clean.
Also the "frass" is full of easily
accessibly plant fertilizer, to be
sure, that can be removed to
be mixed into the garden soil.
After all, it's really only a
combination of the beetle's
moltings and their excrement.
It seems to me that if the
bedding is changed enough
and the habitat is kept clean
enough, the dust should be
minimized, and allergies
could possibly be mitigated.
Also is there a reason why
mealworms are being
cultured instead of black
soldier flys?
Hope this helped.
It is actually normal for the adult mealworms to start moving slowely. It's a sign they are going to pupate in a couple weeks. Only throw the black ones away, they are dead.
+-jadeproductions- - ok, thanks!
What every wife wants---- mealworms.
+Claudia Robinson - not a good anniversary gift? 😀
Unless she asked for them. Hope you do better for Christmas. Go for something personal.
@@claudiarobinson96 something bigger, better, like superworms
@@bigpop3170 hmm yes
@@bigpop3170 Maybe silkworms or hornworms. They are more interesting and can be fed to the animals as well.
Peggy:
**sees 5000 meal-worms on table**
**touches them**
"wow their so big"
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Most Wives:
**sees 5000 meal-worms on table**
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Serenity Her name is Becky. Not Peggy.
Serenity I see your mistake and how it happened, but it is Becky.
Hope you guys are all ok. I've gotten addicted to watching your farm and family grow. You are all amazing, especially the boys! You are all an inspiration for anyone who is trying to go over to homesteading. It takes a lot of courage, hard work , and love of community to do what you do.
+Melinda Wilson - thank you so much, Melinda!
I hope they breed for you. I raise mealworms myself and when I first got into them I heard a lot about farms feeding their mealworms chemicals to elongate their mealworm stage so they'd grow bigger as feeders, but not turn into beetles. I purposely bought smaller mealworms to avoid this, and they've been going really well for a year :)
+Desert Bloom Bettas - ok, thanks
@#LiveLoveOrDice Do you have a recommendation on where to buy mealworms for first batch?
@@whitehouseonthehill did this set of large worms work out? Did you need to isolate in worm stage to get a beatle? did you eventually order smaller mealworms? Thanks
@@LoveMyQHorse Fluker Farms is fantastic. Just don't buy supers.
Like us, mealworms do best on a varied diet. Any kind of cereal grains, stale whole grain breads, even the dusty chicken feed the chooches won't eat, and keep them warm, they will reproduce and grow faster. What goes in the mealworms will eventually go in the chooches. The better variety the food/gut load, the better for the chooches. Watch out for mold on your fruits and veggies, better to lay flat on top than stick down in as you have. The difference between the farm meal worms and the store bought, is the farm ones are well fed, the store bought not so much, especially from the big box stores. You were wise to purchase from a meal worm farm.
Some very nice gifts you received. I really like the pot holders.
+David Johnston - thanks, David!
I have found that celery is the ideal food for mealworms! Beetles and worms both love it!
I always love the music y’all add!!
+Satanic Hippie 23 - thank you!
These folks get the best mom and dad award, hands up!
When people make videos like " I surprised my wife with 5000 roses , my man over here surprised his wife with 5000 meal worms" that's the love and respect for each other ❤️
I’ve done mealworms and super worms. I was only using carrots because potatoes will go rancid and smell after a while and carrots don’t. One other thing that I found is when you change out the bedding put it in a tote for a week or two and you will have a bunch more mealworms that are still hatching out. Also they are so tiny when they first hatch out you can’t even see them. I would put a small scoop of bedding on a tote lid and look for the movement to see if they were producing or not. Hope you find some of this useful. Thx.
+jeff edison - very good, thanks, Jeff!
i have never had problems with mold putting say potatos ore any vegetable in there,, but i never put it in directly after cutting it..
i let the vegetable cut off sit to dry a few hours ore overnight so its not running wet on the outside before putting it most times on top of an old egg carton piece. ore an old toilet paper roll
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Definitely carrots are my favorite. They don’t mold they will just dry out and you don’t have to worry about it rotting or going bad like other fruits or vegetables. I used potatoes for a while and I absolutely didn’t like them!
Your wife is so good. She's not afraid at those mealworms. I can't see those disgusted expression in her face.
I love the look on Becky’s face when dumping the bettles. Priceless
+Stac Homestead - I agree!
I have looked through so many of your videos looking for what you feed your chickens. I remember at one point you said something about "game". Can you refresh my old mind as I want to change what I feed my girls. Love your channel!!
LOL....If I didn't know how COOL a lady Becky is, I'd think she'd exclaim: "Jake you get them 5,000 mealworms outta my house",....hehehe...she even grabbed a handful of them, and it seems the other mealworms were a big hit with the chickens, so this White House on the Hill project= SUCCESS! Just one question Jake, the beetles that you bought are the adult version of the mealworms or just a different insect species? Ah,...OUR FAVORITE THINGS for Christmas, included your composing the 12 Channels of Christmas, this oughta be really GREAT, can't wait to hear the whole song! :)
+Joe Serrano - yes, adult version of the species. They'll lay eggs that will produce mealworms.
Nice thing about mealworms is that once you have them established, they just keep going really well.
+EbonRaven - that's what I like to hear!
Just a small piece of advice. I recently had to destroy my mealworm farm that was in the house. There is some kind of moth that apparently loves to lay their eggs in the food of mealworms. When they hatch, you have all kinds of moths flying around. I would see a few come out of the mealworm farm each day. They are all over my ceiling. I vacuum them up daily and more show up every day. I haven't been able to identify where they are hiding but after they hatched inside, the flourished and continue to grow.
+Stacy Boncheff - ok, thanks for the tip
Gotta love what homesteaders think is a great surprise 😊 very cool they will love that wish you best of luck.
+Des G - yeah, pretty different priorities, huh? Not exactly an Amazon package 😀
@@whitehouseonthehill I do the same with my Reds , there spoiled little ladies 😁 Its a joy in itself.
I used to breed mealworms by the thousands for our reptiles and found that non medicated chicken layer crumbles worked best and was the cheapest. I used carrots for them to get moisture since they didn't make the crumbles wet like potatoes can. If you look up Rainbow Mealworms through Ebay I think you'll find them to be about the cheapest place anywhere for feeder insects. I will say that the worms in this video are very large and I wondered at first if they weren't Superworms instead of regular mealworms.
Oh cool way of growing mealworms! The birds are gonna love you guys :) Can't wait to see how it works out!
+Anais Morel - thank you!
Try American Cricket Ranch. For 5k mealworms it's less then what you paid. They have different sizes and some other feeder insects as well. I used to get mine from them when I was still living in America.
Also if you want to continue breeding them you will need a third box for the pupa. If you don't the larvae (mealworms) may end up eating them. Then as soon as they have morphed into adults (Darkling Beetles) move them to the beetle tub or once again they may eat the other pupa, just make sure the newly morphed beetles are a dark reddish brown and not white before you move them.
This is great!!! I have been looking for other ideas for chicken native diet, but not too many you tubes offer that advice. This is a native food. That is, at least the fruit and worms are, I don't know about the wheat germ. How to purchase the worms. All-in-all, this is beyond good advice. Thanks!
Now, I would also think the chickens can be used for grub control. We had grubs last year, and my sig other ran out an purchased some chemical toxic grub nonsense. He has yet to see how much of a deal-changer that is to me, mostly due to a thick scull.
+R. Pawlak - thank you very much!
Great video with lots of interesting items. Thanks so much. I do not mind the meal worms but not the beatles..unless it was John, Paul, George and Ringo.
+Edie Koller - very funny!
Such a beautiful video, it is very exciting that you are raising mealworms, I think it will work out wonderfully for you! It is fun to see your little one get to learn about farm life :)
+Simple Living Alaska - thank you!
Thanks for the info just got 5000 mealworms and they are less than half the size even tho they were supposed to be large might order another 5000 from this company
Okay but for real I wanna live like this. You guys just have a genuinely amazing family and life. I love watching your videos so much. Always put a smile on my face.
And oooo yuck I don’t think I could handle those mealworms 😰
+Alysa Marie - thanks, Alysa, for the compliments! The mealworms are genuinely fun to watch move around... I used to be creeped out by that stuff and it's pretty interesting. Sorry if we grossed you out 😀
White House on the Hill they’re cool but freaky!
TOTALLY IMPRESSED with the quality of the products you received. They ALL looked GREAT! And I loved the song. I can hardly wait to hear the rest. LOL
+roundmot - thank you! I agree, lots of good small businesses need to be out in front of more people.
Your wife is so awesome for not being squeamish! Just discovered this channel, and I wish I discovered it earlier! Great content, keep it up
I raise meal worms to feed my hedgehog and bearded dragon. It’s saved us a fortune raising them instead of buying from the pet store. Be careful and watch for mold on your fruit....I put paper towels under the carrots and apples.
I use generic oatmeal for my beetles and meal worms, and remove the pupae’s as the worms evolve. Good luck with your worms!
+Dawn Studley - good tip, thank you!
Glad you put in apple. They are good fried in garlic powder, onion powder and butter. Also dipped in chocolate after oven roasted. Can be put in stir fry. How the heck can you resist? Good that you folks can start over. Little expensive! But if you can keep them hatching they are worth it. The birds are lucky at your house! What did you do with the money your folks gave you for singing lessons? 😆 lol. Blessings to all of you. P.S. how is the baby baking going?
+Jeriann Roberts - we blew the singing lesson money on mealworms, obviously 😀 Baby baking is going great, right on schedule for April.
White House on the Hill Did you put your egg crate pieces in with beetles? They like a little something to eat too. Good job you two for keeping the boys happy and healthy and very curious. Goes along way to stabilize them in a great home. Send me a 🐈 hee hee. My service dog misses the one he grew up with. Maybe for Christmas he will get a new shelter adult cat. Blessings
Lots of worms very cool 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
You capture everything so well, even the little things. Thank you so much for sharing. with us
May success be with you, always…Wishing you good luck!
Benny
+Bennystropical swimmig wolf - thank you very much!
that is such a sweet orange kitty who is following you around!
+Natalie - yes, very good cat
Let us know how the meal worms go this time around! I love that you highlight other channels-what a great way to give back!
+Stary Family Farm - thank you! We will... pretty fun watching them eat and move around all day.
Plain and simply, love your videos and your family!!!
+Ron Hooks - thank you so much, Ron!
I thought it was spaghetti then I looked at the title😭💀
Leona is adorable and fluffy I love all of your birds and cats
+wadsash Potato - thanks!
So cool thank you as I won one of the gift cards. It’s great watching your channel as I live in an HOA ruled community and your channel makes me wish I lived elsewhere.
+Derek Yen - so awesome! Congrats... enjoy their grass-fed beef!
1:03 I thought that chicken was floating for a sec 😂😂
+Moon Dragon - 😀 sure looks that way!
I checked my email this morning to find that I won!!! So excited! Thanks so much for doing an awesome giveaway with FarmFoods ❤️❤️❤️❤️
+coastiewife7 - congrats! Enjoy!
lmao her face when you decided you were guna sing!! priceless
+Kathryn Kirwin - 😀
I currently have Covid and I was trying to find some new RUclipsrs aka family channels and I would never think I would fall in love with people that live on a farm I love your family and you guys are so interesting im for sure subbing
Snake discovery is one of my favorite channels already!!!
Oh no! Lots of worms. Ha ha
+Jose Carmona - thanks, Jose!
It was so cute when the cat was following you around.
+Mariam D - he's a good boy... he's been enjoying his time with the chickens lately
I am addicated to your RUclips channel first day watching your family. The worms are big because they are superworms. I feed them to my reptiles. I need to watch your setup video, like the way your racking system for the superworm breeding.
Megan Pedersen nope those are mealworms you can tell bc of the beetles
Can we get a baby and Becky update video?! How are you feeling? What’s life like homesteading and pregnant? What kind of birth are you planning? Will you do a home birth? I’m 18 weeks along also after a long long wait also. So excited for y’all!! And so curious! Lol
+jesseeyoung - we've got a video planned for that soon 😀
We give banana peels to our mealworms and the beatles. Also we shred carrots and mix it with the oatmeal. That way you get more moisture and their eggs don't dry out.
I find mealworms so easy to have a colony! Unlike super worms they pupate while with other worms. Just feed them and they do their thing!
+Hannah Drake - sounds good
That is so cool the twelve days of Christmas! We are doing the twelve mugs of Christmas, LOVE all your great music in your videos.
+Forgotten Way Farms - thank you so much!
I'm not religious at all, but I felt some wholesomeness from this video. Thanks yall.
You are looking for 3:48
I moved from the middle of nowhere Georgia to busy New York.. I'm subbed to this channel because I miss chickens.. this is a nice break from the busy. ♥️
+AdaBunny806 - thank you, we love to hear that!
I like how she wasn't bothered by the fact that it's their meal table 😂
+Azza Almubarak - yep, our table we use for everything
They are meal worms, so they obviously are supposed to be on the meal table.
Okay. I want the first take on the jingle each time. This should be interesting. I have a hard time touching meal worms to put them on fishing hooks. And crickets are out. I took care of my brother's bearded dragon for a week or 2, and had to feed her crickets.
+Patrice's Projects - good idea... I did have to take 2-3 takes to sing it, kept saying Snake Discovery at the wrong pace. I'll include the bloopers on that next time.
The hardest part is establishing the colony. I am on year 3-4 of mealworm farming. Have fun
The black soldier fly larvae (Phoenix worm) r amazing for chickens! They r full of calcium. U should check those out as well. The adult flies don’t have mouths, they r job is just to mate, lay eggs, and die. I breed mealworms and superworms as well!
Becky’s so brave!
+Laet Mc - 😀
Awesome video! And I’m one of the FarmFood winners. Just ordered lots of beef. Wishing y’all a wonderful week! Keep up the great work!
+Rachel H - thank you! And congrats, Rachel! Enjoy!
I enjoy watching your videos of your family and your farm. My husband and I hope to have a farm one day and its encouraging to see your family living the similar lifestyle we hope to achieve. Thankyou for sharing your story.
P.s. Your wife is gorgeous.
+Madeline Knutz - that's so cool to hear! Thanks for watching! I think she's gorgeous as well 😀
I saw on another channel where a guy took roadkill and put it in a 5 gal pail with holes drilled in the bottom and suspended it in their chicken yard. Chickens loved the maggots dropping to the ground. They also raised soldier fly larvae.
I wouldnt use potato iv raised mealies for years for my reptiles and fish and i find cut potato mold pretty quickly i give greens scraps and full/baby carrots mainly as well as apple slices
Also love then shoutout to Al hes a great insperation. him and cog hill farms are a few of the "smaller" shows that i look forward too
+exotickeeper - thanks for the potato tip
I love your pets and your videos they are very entertaining
1:57 Cat: i wasnt doing anything...you saw nothing...im a chicken....
any followup videos with separating the pupae from the container before they are eaten? or the poop etc.? How many chickens do you have and how much do you feed meal worm wise?
i love all ur videos so much hard work Alhumdulillah
Those are awesome pot covers. I need these because I'm the one who says don't touch that handle it just come out of the oven and then I grab it. Thanks for sharing those and the soaps. It's cool that you share others items on your channel. I hope to get some honey from you guys this year. I missed out earlier.
My daughter and my started a channel. We only have one video, but we gave you a shoutout at the end.
I love all the products. I’m for sure gonna check them out.
+Muggle Munchies - very cool
Omg im so happy that you guys got a lot of mealworms The Beatles so the animals can eat and be happy and healthy
+Analicia's Creations - thank you!
I was sitting watching thinking worms....then beatles...ohhhhhh my goodness, I got goosebumps. I have to say I do want the mealworms when we get our farm for the chickens and I probably could do it. But I'll keep an eye on what you guys are doing. Big smile here, Hugs to everyone. Anna Banana
Looks great for chick food. Love seeing the different product selection
+Eric K. - thanks, Eric!
I really need help, I had a big container with holes drilled through the sides, I had 1,000 super worms and a week after giving them carrots I started to notice the substrate was oddly wet, and some of the worms started to move slowly, the next week the substrate was awful and a bunch of worms had died, any advice for what I did wrong? I used oats and kept them in a good spot
+NeoNpyro Purple - so either their excrement caused the moisture or the carrots did. Moisture will cause mold to form. Keep the container as clean as you can and they should do fine.
You should have bees ;)
We had a one acre farm property so we hatched 7 bantom chicks hoping for layers- Our chicks were gorgeous and we really enjoyed all 7 ROOSTERS eho became pets!! Not a single laying hen was hatched lol. Unforseen circumstances forced us into the city and my family desperstely misses our little homestead- love your videos, reminds me of home..
So I was watching another 1 of your vids and started thinking while watching this 1
When you trim the birds wings how high can they fly then
So let's say normally whatever it is can fly 15ft into the air how high up after
+David H - maybe 3-5 feet in the area... but the main thing is that they aren't as confident in the air since they can't control their flight
@@whitehouseonthehill thanks for response appreciate it
I love your guys videos. My grandpa plants a lot of veggies each year.... we tried keeping chickens but no matter how hard we try the predators always seems to get them.
+Samantha Hill - sorry to hear about your chickens... might have to get some electric fence or enclose them in a coop and/or run
Omg, mealworms on the dining table! Your wife is far more understanding than I would be! :)
*Cuts to a trail of rose petals leading to a candlelit bathtub full of mealworms*
Glad you guys are shouting out Emily from Snake Discovery! They're a fantastic channel. One of my favorites for reptiles.
Glad I waited to see how your mealworms did before starting my own farm. Will be watching for updates!
+Scarlet Bluefield - cool... glad that helped!
If ya put a bit of polyfil (pillow stuffing) in the holes you drilled helps keep out other little bugs/insects as well as when/if the container tips over, and still allows airflow
+KnassTN8 - thank you
Thank you for the video. It was very nice.
The 5000 mealworms is surely a big number. I assume you will be using them as some nutrition supplement for the hens, is that correct?
They probably would not last long as a chicken food source alone.
It is evident that you have big big hopes from the beetles. Hope you will apply the optimal configuration for them.
There might be a good idea to separate not only beetles from any other stages, but also pupas from the larvas. Once the beetle comes out it starts biting other pupas, which badly damages and may thwart development or generate exotic looking partially developed beetles. Keep in mind that the most popular beetles will not last long as every other beetle will want to interact and therefore the popular beetler will end up having the number of their appendages reduced. Such beetles ought to go for the feeding, because they are more susceptible to be the starting point of some kind of outbreak.
You may want to regularly strain the wheat from the powder. Keep the strained powder and strain it again after a while to collect the remaining individuals.
In my opinion, you should have an exceptionally large amount of mealworm farm units for even the minimal additional supplement satisfaction of the hens. They don't grow very-very fast. I would estimate that a thousand larva mealworm farm unit would be sufficient for a few dwarf hamsters nutrition supplement.
It is possible to enhance the growth and development of mealworm stages by keeping them in over-natural conditions - the conditions that are better than what could typically naturally exist. Keep them in an incubator with +30°C, 25% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide, 70% relative humidity. A crossbreeding between contents of such mealworm generating stations, filtering, and selected removal of undesirable traits (inherited and obtained) would avoid crashes.
If mealworm farm seems too resource consuming, then it might as well be a better idea to use alternatives: how about providing boiled eggs for the birds regularly, while maintaining their constant access to crushed sea shell, shredded burnt oak wood charcoal, small gravel, sand (in that case might as well add diatomaceous earth powder) sources? If not, then how about sources of fish? Fish farm? Sprouts? Now that's simple. You can also be more creative by setting up mouse and rat traps, and feeding the catch for the hens. Provide freshly cut grass, many different insects, critters, small animals, meat in general. Again, sea shells, crushed to their regular working size.
Idea for a paper: raise mealworm eggs into beetles using only stable isotope labeled food, then feed the beetles to rodents, and rodents to chicken. Might use even longer chain (but I'm not necessarily referring to cats). Get reliable data, compare with newest "theoretical yield", discover anomalies, give future ideas, and publish.
Cheers
Ive eaten meal worms, i fried them in butter and like chilli pepper and other seasonings. I loved them. They had a glazy effect abd it was just soo much better then chicken
And award for best present of the year goes to:
Your poultry will be so well fed! Looks amazing.
+1angelofthelight2 - thank you!
Try to keep black soldier fly larvae using chicken manure for your chicken. It is also a sustainable protein resource for those birds. Cheers from China.
Amazing. I would like to know how do you keep these chickens warm during the winter. Pardon my ignorance but what kind of worms are they?
+Carole St. Louis - we keep our chickens in a coop and some in chicken tractors. They can move around outside, but come in if they get cold. They are mealworms.
Awww the chickens are low-key adorable 😂
Nice video happy to see all the animals safe and sound and great to see you guys starting the meal worms for the chicken how are you the peachicks and the new eggs how are they doing just can't wait to what it is
+ROY MICHAEL - peachicks are doing well! Eggs still have a couple weeks to go.
Thank you so much guy! I am appreciated with your sharing 💖🙏
Question I've been wanting to ask. Different people have told me to let my broody hen do her thing ( I warm weather of course) in amoung the flock! And an experienced momma hen will take care of her brood!? Have you done this? What's your opinion on this? Days of old this is how it happened. People didn't separate them, am I right?
+Amy Royalty- Gray - I would separate them to another location a few days before hatching or when the hatching occurs. When our chicks get mixed in with the flock, the hen can only protect so much before the others attack and kill the chicks.
The bathtub comment creeped me out. What led me here was bird food so I'm having culture shock right now. Congrats on the farm!
Honestly mealworms and crickets are superfoods. People food of the future. Crickets are a complete protein including B vitamins and take substantially less resources to produce the same amount of protein as beef or chicken. Personally I'm a flexitarian so I'll eat whatever. ;)
I give all my ducks a treat with these and they love them..! I love your videos so keep it going and thank you GUYS
Great Video, Becky's such a pretty smile!
Hi i'm new to your channel, i'm a lot in the reptile hoby and breed all king of insecte for my pet. The worm you got are not mealworm but superworm. The big larvea need to be isolated from all other worm to transform into pupate and then beetle. One they pupate in a small isolation cup you can transfer them directly in the beetle container, if you give water a lot le beetle won't eat le pupea. Good luck in your breeding projet, me I ended up with more bugs than i need, but home rised bug are heatlyer than those at the petstore.
I’m hoping to get some advice .. ok so .. my husband got our son two ducklings for Easter .. I’ve been keeping them in a tote with a light over them through the night and whenever it’s to cold or raining .. so my question is how long do I need to worry about them being warm and can I move them over to a coop with a light in it... they are getting big quick but they are still yellow right now seems like they are getting lighter in color everyday
I Looooove that cat. It's so cute.
+Navid Gol - thanks!
Just curious but now that it's winter, when i get my eggs they are as cold as if they were in the fridge. Does that mean i should refrigerate them during the winter. I know during the summer i don't have to refrigerate them unless they get that cold, but in the winter they DO get that cold sooo.....?
+Meow Meow789 - fine line... once they get really cold, they should probably be refrigerated. If you collect them quickly enough throughout the day, I wouldn't worry about it. But the colder they get, the quicker the protective shell will wear down and the eggs will spoil faster (2-4 weeks, rather than 6-8 weeks)