About 51% of the participants were willing to eat chicken that was reared using mealworms, even though 85% had not seen mealworms before. The results of the study showed that 72% of respondents, the majority of whom were male, were willing to adopt mealworm as poultry feed. Resultsĭescriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were used to analyse the data. A total number of 107 farmers in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality were selected using snowball sampling and were interviewed face to face using a semi-structured questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to assess the willingness of small-scale poultry farmers to adopt the use of yellow mealworm in diets for chickens. Therefore, replacing traditional ingredients with insects in chicken diets is gaining popularity worldwide. Climate change and global warming play a role in changing farming activities and affecting household food security. However, these farmers are facing a challenge with the rising cost of conventional feed. Furthermore, in households’ poultry products are a valuable source of protein in the diet-especially in low-income communities.

You can leave delivery instructions before placing your order.Small-scale poultry farming plays a major role as a source of income for farmers through the sale of birds and eggs. It is recommend that you be home or have them shipped to your work as they are live animals. We can have the package held at Post Office if you want. It is best to be home when package arrives however, you don’t need to be there.

Do I need to be home when my package arrives? They need to be in bedding of either oats or wheat bran and need a moisture source such as a sliced apple, carrot or potatoes.ģ. Superworms should be kept between 70 and 80 degrees. Please contact us within 24 hours of delivery with any problems, or 1 hour on dead on arrival. We 100% guarantee live delivery, so if any problems occur during transit, we will ship replacement worms. We have a high success rate for worms arriving at their destination alive and well. We ship worms Monday to Wednesday, Thursday(FedEx overnight only) to ensure delivery before Sunday so they are not left in transit on Sunday. We ship nationwide with USPS 1-3 day priority mail, and FedEx overnight or 2nd day air so your worms will not be in transit very long.

How do you ship worms to survive transit?

Download mealworms for sale