No silkworms

[OldChamKeeper]

Gotta be hard to be a silkworm company and not have any live silks for sale for over a month I would think. I've kept an eye on Coastal silks and Mulberry for sometime.


My question is, anybody know what's up? Is it a supply and demand thing? Something else?

Because if it's a supply issue I suddenly see a market needing more competition.

 

[Wowbango]

Gotta be hard to be a silkworm company and not have any live silks for sale for over a month I would think. I've kept an eye on Coastal silks and Mulberry for sometime.


My question is, anybody know what's up? Is it a supply and demand thing? Something else?

Because if it's a supply issue I suddenly see a market needing more competition.

Yeah I've been looking for almost 5 weeks for live ones. There's someone on ebay that posts them a few times a week, not the cheapest but will do. I recently gave up and just bought some eggs to try and hatch them myself. So we'll see how that works.

 

[ReefFreak]

Yeah I've been looking for almost 5 weeks for live ones. There's someone on ebay that posts them a few times a week, not the cheapest but will do. I recently gave up and just bought some eggs to try and hatch them myself. So we'll see how that works.

I also bought some eggs. Way cheaper than buyer the worms. 500 eggs for 12 bucks. Hopefully everything goes as planned.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

Yeah I've hatched them before and grown my own but when you need worms around 2" long or bigger it can take a while.

I'm just more surprised that these companies which bank on their silkworms are not having any, gotta be losing customers

 

[repdog]

I also gave up on the live and just buy the eggs. I just wish they were sold in smaller qty. I don't have anyone that eats that many. For some reason 5 is good for about 2 months. Then what do I do with the other 245? Oh yes the wait for them to be 2" is a long one. It takes about 10 days for the eggs to hatch and they are so small you don't even see them at first. I go by the color of the eggs which the directions will tell you. Then I start adding some food.

 

[laurie]

Ralph where are your friends when you need them?? Oh, i am right here. I send 6000 eggs to Cheryl to hatch and grow for us. I have some arriving here tomorrow. I will see what I have and either I will send you some or have Cheryl send you some. Always to help you after all the great help you have given me.

I maybe should not post this, Cheryl has people flooding her PMs wants silkworms. But I will not let her sell them. They are for us. Am I evil or what???

 

[SSimsswiSS]

They may have them, just not a over supply to public. They may have their hands full suppling to zoo's and institutions across the united states

 

[laurie]

They may have them, just not a over supply to public. They may have their hands full suppling to zoo's and institutions across the united states

Good point, I never even thought of that.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

They may have them, just not a over supply to public. They may have their hands full suppling to zoo's and institutions across the united states

Now that makes some sense.

 

[xraygirl]

http://www.floridafreshsilkworms.com/#!

says they aren't out, but they are moving to a different/bigger facility.... so yall might be able to get some from them soon?

 

[SirCal]

I recently ordered some eggs too so hopefully they arrive next week i'll give an update when they arrive