Breeding Super Worms Pinoy Style Part 2

Day 6. 


This is the 6th day of our breeding of the super worms. We separated each superworm that we wanted to turn into a darkling beetle. 






If you see that they starts to curl up, that is a good sign that it is starting to morph. 










This one below is not so lucky. It turned black after 3 days. You will need to get it out from the big container and replace the super worm with a new one and hope it will catch up morphing as well.

J Paul Getty once said, "I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort."

J Paul Getty once said, "I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort."  


Well, for me, I let about a few thousands super worms do it 100% and they about covered 50% of my expenses. Yoohoo!!!


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Tuko Craze is Crazy!!!

Another delivery bites the dust!


 It is my rest day today from my day job. Got a call last night for a 3000 pieces delivery. With payday several days ahead, this is an extra income that is very much appreciated.



Counting at the moment and getting ready to deliver them. This Tuko craze is really crazy!  According to my customers, this is the driving force behind the sudden increase of volume for super worms as they are being fed to these large lizards.


                      I LOVE IT!!!

Breeding Super Worms Pinoy Style

Breeding super worms can be fun and rewarding.  Last time, the sales from the super worms paid for my phone bill. I am still smiling from ear to ear thinking about it.

 This is also a good source of extra income. This can be done as a sideline if you are still working. It can be made as a main source of income if you are out of work. Actually, I am thinking that this can be done by anybody who will love doing it.

I started breeding super worms with the purpose of selling them to pet shops for extra income.  However, when my Dad saw them, the first thing that came to his mind was to feed them to his Tilapias and mud fishes that he is growing out.  They are a good source for protein and being used to produce Albumen.

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This is how I breed my super worms Pinoy style.

1.      Get ready with your materials. In order to turn a super worm into a beetle, you will need to separate them individually.

2.      Get 2 to 3 months old super worms about 2 inches in length. The bigger the super worms the better as they will morph or change faster into a darkling beetle. The beetle will serve as your parents stock.

3.      Place one super worm into each container.

4.      Place these little containers into a bigger container. This is to prevent ants and lizards from eating them when they will be morphing inside.

5.      Put a note of the date when put them there. The approximate time for morphing is 3 to 4 weeks. However, I check them daily to see that no ants are coming into the container. Set this aside and wait.

To be continued…..   

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Super Worms Paid for Phone Bill

Two days ago, my super worms paid my phone bill. Yoohoo!!! 

When I started breeding super worms, one of the reasons is to earn extra income.   Extra income to supplement the income in my day job.    However, this past couple of months, I noticed that the volume increased. It increased 100% based on last month's volume and 200% based on last year's figure of the same month. This can be attributed to the latest Tuko craze. 

Who knows, next time it will pay for the housing mortgage amortization. 

Yoohoo!!!

Feeding Super Worms Pinoy style

When I started breeding super worms, I researched what they would be eating. These are what I found out:






 You will be needing a bedding. This can be rice bran, wheat bran and some oats. This will be their main protein source.
  Just like any other living things, they will need water for moisture. However, putting water into the bedding will drown these friends. I have tried this if you ask. This will cause the bedding to smell. Since my breeding area is in my kitchen area, this is unacceptable. If you will search on the net, the usual suggestions would be carrots, potatoes and apples.

I began with Carrots as this is more affordable than apples and readily available locally. I started getting them for 15 pesos per kilo. Then the price would go up. From 15 to 30, 40, 60 and even 120 per kilo. This was the time I experimented with other sort of vegetables. See below how they love them.

Squash (Kalabasa)

Carrot skin

Pineapple

Sayote

Squash

potato

Carrots

Squash

Cabbage

Pineapple

Extra Income

When my take home pay can't take me home, its nice to have my super worms friends. They help a lot to get me by.  

Emerging from an old skin

The larvae after reaching a certain size will shed its outer skin. This usually takes only less than an hour to get rid of the outer skin.

First Sales for July 2011

Yesterday, one of my buyers, YenLen, called to order 2000 pcs of Super Worms.

I was bonding with my Dad, and niece that I promised to deliver today.

Let me bring you to the process how we did it. First, we prepare all that are needed. We have two basins of worms, strainer and extra basin.

This is the basin that we counted. This is about 2000 pcs.

We strained some and counted by fives.

This is what 100 pieces look like.

We are done counting 2000 pieces.

These are placed to two ice cream boxes.

Ready for delivery.

After arriving at the pet shop, the worms are transferred to their container.

Display glass for Super Worms.