I surprised my wife with 5,000 mealworms…

We failed at our first attempt with mealworms… so we bought 5,000 mealies and 1,000 darkling beetles through eBay (from max-a-mealies). So I had to surprise Becky with them! And it’s time for OUR FAVORITE THINGS for Christmas!
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[whitehouseonthehill]

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!

[naturalwhitch]

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.

[jadeproductions]

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.

[serenitymeadows]

Peggy:
**sees 5000 meal-worms on table**
**touches them**
"wow their so big"

Most Wives:
**sees 5000 meal-worms on table**

[desertbloombettas]

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 :)

[melindawilson]

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.

[gottagoat]

These folks get the best mom and dad award, hands up!

[arjunsk]

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 ❤️

[johnnadewise]

I have found that celery is the ideal food for mealworms! Beetles and worms both love it!

[juliebanks]

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!!

[jae]

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.

[davidjohnston]

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.

[ronhooks]

Plain and simply, love your videos and your family!!!

[twistedoakhomesteadtwisted]

I love the look on Becky’s face when dumping the bettles. Priceless

[natalie-pksj]

that is such a sweet orange kitty who is following you around!

[vokesayshi]

I thought it was spaghetti then I looked at the title😭💀

[r.pawlak]

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.

[jtwdestroyer]

I love your pets and your videos they are very entertaining

[mariah]

I currently have Covid and I was trying to find some new YouTubers 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

[ediekoller]

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.