Hi everyone!

[omlet-mom]

Hi everyone! We live in Tennessee and our little flock of 4 is our first flock. A search for non-Chinese meal worms brought me here. Is there such a thing?

 

[LTAY1946]

Hello and Welcome to BYC and Glad to have You here in this Poultry Loving Community. I'm thinking Chinese meal worms are product of China not a variety. It should say on the bag "Product of" maybe. I don't know.

 

[N F C]

Hi, you could try raising your own. There's an article about that in the Learning Center: The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms There are other articles too, you can find them using the Search tool.

Best wishes!

 

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC! Thanks for joining us.
I'm sure there are some non-Chinese imported ones, but I don't have any brands off the bat. You can always grow your own as @N F C has already linked for you.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC.

 

[Logar]

Hi everyone! We live in Tennessee and our little flock of 4 is our first flock. A search for non-Chinese meal worms brought me here. Is there such a thing?

You could try raising them yourself. They are really easy. They also can eat your veggie scraps! Just get a moderate sized a bin and drill some holes in the lid. Put down about 2-3 inches of rolled oats or a specific mealworm substrate and you should be good to go. Feed them once a week and they should turn into beetles and start reproducing like crazy!

Also, have you heard of GrubTerra? Black soldier fly larvae are actually a lot healthier than mealworms and seem to be really popular with the chickens!

 

[azurbanclucker]

 

[Loving my girls]

Hi, you could try raising your own. There's an article about that in the Learning Center: The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms There are other articles too, you can find them using the Search tool.

Best wishes!

Mmm (in a yes that’s a good idea way not in a yum yum way) I’m trying to get hubby to “grow” some as I can’t look at live ones without retching.
But my girlz would love them and hubby can feed them.
Hugz

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC. Glad you joined.

You can raise your own mealworms.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out.