Can I mix dried mealworms with bird seed?

It’s incredibly easy! Simply mix the mealworms into your regular bird seed mix or provide alone in a dish/hopper feeder and watch the birds come eating. Dried mealworms are nutritious. They provide a blended balance of protein, fat, and fiber to promote healthy, vigorous birds.

What kind of bird feeder do you use for mealworms?

Because mealworms can crawl, it is best to place them in a feeder where they cannot crawl out: a cup-type feeder with smooth sides that are more than 1″ high. A tray or platform feeder can also be used, but make sure it has sides so the mealworms don’t crawl out.

Should you soak dried mealworms for birds?

Extremely useful for storing away, dried mealworms can easily be soaked in warm water overnight in order to rehydrate them for an extra ‘juicy’ bird treat. They are also useful for scattering on bird tables and over the ground.

What feeder is best for dried mealworms?

What kind of feeder do you use for mealworms? Live mealworms crawl, meaning it’s best to use a mealworm bird feeder that keeps them contained. Take an egg terracotta bird feeder or a large dome feeder for example.

What is the best thing to feed mealworms?

Mealworms can eat a variety of grains and they are quite fond of consuming grain in meal form. They will eat meals like oatmeal, cornmeal, wheat, milo and cereal, rice, corn, barley, and sorghum. The best way to offer these foods is in meal form or as soft cooked food.

Can you put mealworms in a bird feeder?

You can provide mealworms to your garden birds in a shallow dish or ground feeder. If you’re feeding live mealworms then the sides of the dish need to be smooth and straight and at last 5 cm high otherwise they can climb out.

Should you rehydrate dried mealworms?

It is a good idea to re-hydrate Chubby Dried Mealworms when feeding to young chicks or when water is scarce (although you should always have plenty of water available if feeding domestic pets or birds). This is because the animals have to re-hydrate the worms in their stomach in order to digest them.

Can I put mealworms in a bird feeder?

When offering mealworms to birds, it’s important to make sure they are in an easy to reach place. Dried mealworms are a new and innovative food source for wild birds. Dried mealworms are a great source of protein, are easy to feed, and are very attractive to insect-eating birds. …

Are dried mealworms nutritious for wild birds?

You can safely feed both dried and live mealworms to birds. Dried mealworms aren’t as beneficial to birds as live mealworms but are ok to feed and are convenient, easy to store and easy to feed.