silkie babies

[PhunkeyPhish]

One week and my silk worm eggs have hatched! They are feeding well on mullberry chow. My plan is to keep them in the incubator until they outgrow it which won't be long and then move them into permanent homes with gutter gard in a cabinet. I have read and I think someone here told me they would be ok at room temp after they outgrow the incubator. How large should I try to keep them in the incubator before moving them to the cabinet? I am worried about my little babies dying out there!!!! My plan is to also keep 10-15 adults and let them breed to keep my colony going!

- pp

 

[JoXie411]

One week and my silk worm eggs have hatched! They are feeding well on mullberry chow. My plan is to keep them in the incubator until they outgrow it which won't be long and then move them into permanent homes with gutter gard in a cabinet. I have read and I think someone here told me they would be ok at room temp after they outgrow the incubator. How large should I try to keep them in the incubator before moving them to the cabinet? I am worried about my little babies dying out there!!!! My plan is to also keep 10-15 adults and let them breed to keep my colony going!

- pp


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Wow so many babies

 

[JoshD49]

Aim for 20 adults because some will start to spin a crysalis and die, some won't come out of the crysalis at all and you want to increase the odds of male female ratio.