So I reset this breeder bin 5 days ago, after a 28 day cycle because "It had very few cocoons". I went to do a weekly moisture/cocoon check and found this between the weirdo bubble wrap and white paper I'm trying out. 😲😲😲 100s or maybe even a 1,000 baby worms. Guess I was wrong about the bin not producing 🪱👶🪱

A first for me. I took my 1st bin and handpicked - yes, without gloves so I could get the squirmies easier - 600 mature breeder worms out. It was actually just short of 600, so I stole a couple from another bin. I'll give them a couple days to get acclimated and then I'll start their 21 day cycle. 3 more bins to go through, so I need to get busy! I.want these 3 or 4 breeder bins to be a week ahead of the new ones I start when my next batch of worms arrive.

What are these orange thingies? Some kind of egg? There haven't 'been worms on these - well a couple - but not enough to make all of these, so they aren't cocoons. Mites?

These are the 4 bins that I had put what turned out to be mostly dead worms on. After cleaning off the dead ones, the mess left behind - despite me trying to get it all - attracted swarms of fruit flies. So I sprayed with dunk water, then went through the bin SLOWLY and picked out the few surviving worms - about 60 out of over 2,000. Now I have them out in the sunshine for the day - 93⁰ later - and going to bake them to death. Talk about a super fast dry down! ;)

Prolly should have cleaned the floors 1st 🤦🤦🤦 Finally have just about everything in place where it belongs, now if I can manage not to clutter it up again. This porch has been a storage unit for 2 years until 2 months ago.