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This morning, the first of my 3000 silkworm eggs hatched, and so far there's only 1 worm. How long do you go until you would normally feed them? They'll probbaly all hatch pretty quick here, but this one's been chilling for 8 hours now I just don't know when to feed. I've got the chow ready to go but it seems pointless to cut a piece of it that small for 1 worm. Also, I took some new pics today, so here's a picture of Zen.

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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV

i would ask john tyler- he would have the best answer or go to his website... i forget what it is.

nice pic of zen, looks like a son of bard from the kammers, am i right????

San Fran
Brandon Bukunt

zen's looking good!

dennis

LOL! Thanks! His eggs will be hatching any minute now! Bencham, yeah it is a son of Bard, when they bred him with a Nosy Be female. I broke off a tiny piece of chow to feed my "pet" silkworm, until his bro's and sisters start hatching. I can't believe how small they are. The eggs are tiny, but the actual worms seem even smaller. They're smaller than the smallest fruit flies. I've never hatched silkworm eggs before.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV

Tyler,

Warm those wggs up a bit (around 80-82 degrees) and they should start popping.

You want to be careful feeding the newly hatched worms. I use a fine cheese shredder and lightly sprinkle the shavings around the worn and slightly over the top of them. You don't want to suffocate them with too much food.

We usually feed the second day.... so that most of the eggs are hatched. If you cover unhatched eggs with chow, they will not hatch.

Once they get out, they become little eating machines.
And when they get a bit bigger - blow gently on them to see the "wave" effect. *LOL* You will be pleased with feeding silkies - it is so easy to care for them and so easy to offer them to the chams.
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Ok thanks. I ended up with only the one yesterday and this morning there was about 4, and an hour later there were 2 more. I've got 1500 in one dish and 1500 more in the fridge. I fed the one yesterday with a tiny little piece and I put it in between two eggs cause I think I had heard somewhere that you shouldn't cover the eggs. He seemed to eat it pretty good. I've had silkworms before, just never from eggs. I didn't particularly like them before (if you remember, I whined about my bad luck with them about 2-3 months ago) but I've decided to give them another shot. I've got too many chameleons that only want superworms and I need to do something else. Thanks again.
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Tyler Stewart
Las Vegas NV