munkee1965 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 If you have a Home Bargains near by they have 100gm bags of mealworms for £1.00 This is the cheapest I've seen them. Stocked up on 1 or 2 bags yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LottyJ1 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Wow that is good - I will have to have a look! My girls luuurrrrrvvvvvvv them! Like chicken drugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millie Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I always get my mealworms from HB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzagerkin Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 http://www.tjmorris.co.uk/tjm/stores/ my nearest is 9 miles away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissinuk Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 QD also have 500g bags for £ 5.99 or 2 for £10. Very useful having the giant bags as they also come with a small scoop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 shame there aren't any in Manchester! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figgins Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I've been wondering if meal worms should be part of the human food chain, beacase they are raised in a factory and fed chemicals most likely..... Do you think they're okay because I'm sure my girls would love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitcho Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 I bought two 500g bags of mealworms from QD but when I got them home I read on the back of the bag that they should not be fed to poultry. Anybody know why this might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Perhaps they are not 'clean' Mitcho, so they could be carrying something that shouldn't get into the food chain or which may make the chickens sick, like botulism, salmonella or some other virus. Of course that then begs the question "what are they being sold to be used for?" and "should they be sold at all?" Just checked the QD web site and they are a clearance item specifically for wild birds. Suppose that is something you need to look out for when buying meal worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 There's a previous post on the fact that it's against a DEFRA law to feed dried mealworms to chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Yes, you will find that "Ooops, word censored!"ody sells them as treats for chickens anymore. Only for wild birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippie Chick Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 If you fancy buying a bulk load you can get 2kg from Amazon for £16.61 delivered. I bought some last week, they arrive in 1 kg clear bags packaged inside a large bag for transit. They aren't the huge mealworms you sometimes get but the birds don't know the difference. They do take several days to arrive though - I think mine arrived in 4 days. http://www.amazon.co.uk/2KG-WILD-BIRD-DRIED-MEALWORMS/dp/B00BJ03UQQ/ref=lp_2798689031_1_1?srs=2798689031&ie=UTF8&qid=1445085510&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Personally I am more concerned about the disease that my hens pick up when drinking slimy water from the wheelbarrow, eating half a dead bird the buzzard dropped or the manky grossness of rooting in the compost heap than a few germs from dried mealworms. Hens really are revolting creatures sometimes. I have always bought them from Home Bargains apart from at Christmas when buy the girls a big sack from local feed store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Never fed them to the chickens but always to the birds - the chickens eat worms, beetles, forkie tails and all sorts so I would think dried mealworms wouls be ok for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 What are forkie tails ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I was going to ask that! I bet it's wig wigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Wig wigs? Do you mean ear wigs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Yep - that's what they're called at our house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Oh sorry yes forkie tails are ear wigs!! - Must be a scottish thing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 That's a good name - I hate them though, they're the only bugs I really don't like. My girls like the, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Bit of useless but funny (I thought ) information it's actually earwig, what we've been talking about is wigs for ears . Very sad I even had to google it. Did make me giggle though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Chickabee - I had to read that through twice before I understood what you meant I might get an ear wig. It would definitely be preferable to an earwig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayleybug Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Hi all, I was in my local Wilkos last week and they had a huge bag for £10, i think it might have been 5kg or bigger, seemed to be a special deal as it was displayed on a table near the door and not in the birdfood section. on a separate note, Wilkos sells compressed seed blocks which look very similar to the more expensive chicken treat peck blocks you can buy. they are £1 each, I havent given them to the chooks yet as they are stuck together with 'edible glue', does anyone know if that is ok for chooks? presumably thats what the chicken specific ones are stuck together with anyway? also am just thinking that if i can give them to little robins then surely they arent going to do anything bad to the chooks anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Poundland also do mealworms 100g for a .........pound.I usually stock up and it means I have no space in my basket for caramel Freddos. My guilty pleasure, a caramel Freddo and a glass of wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Earwigs? I get mine on eBay and pay around £10 for a huge bag that lasts months. (Dried meal worms, not earwigs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
