Africain nightcrawlers 250 & 250 europeans Start Price USD 32.99 Current Price USD 32.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 13, 2008 Location Simpson, Louisiana See more about 'Africain nightcrawlers 250 & 250 europeans' Description ATTENTION WE HAVE NO CONTROLL OVER HOW THE DELEVERY PEOPLE HANDLES THE PACKAGES.WE DO NOT OWN THE POST OFFICES. And they ,re hired help is not our employees. we will not be responsiable for what they do. Any problems with boxes getting smashed contact the post office. And we are not responsiable for how the airport handles the boxes. ATTENTION WE ARE NOT RESPONSIABLE FOR HOW THE post office handles the boxes and we are not responsiable for the airports either. If they smash your boxes, The only thing we gurantee is a live shipment. no refunds on worms. we do not give refunds. we only have a gurantee on our worms. The gurantee we have if worms arrive dead a picture must be taken right away.And sent to us This will not happen worms being dead. But if policy is not followed as stated policy will be void. all shipments we will track untill you receive them. If left over the weekend in your post office box. will also void the policy. make sure when you bid are buy this is what you want because there is no refund once you buy. all orders placed mon threw friday.will be shipped out the following monday,But payment must be no later than friday. payments made on sunday will not be shipped out untill the following monday.  These are one of the most amazing composting worms that I have ever seen.  They breed faster than red worms and grow bigger than European Night Crawlers.  The only downside is that they cannot tolerate the cold. If you are looking for worm castings, bait or a good breeding worm these are for you.  Just keep them indoors.  They can tolerate temps that drop near freezing but stop breeding when the temps hit the 50's.They do very well in hot climates and will do very well in cold climates if kept indoors.  We make tons of castings with African Night crawlers.  They are the best worm if you can keep them out of the cold. 250 afracains and 250 europeans  AFRICAIN  NiGHTCRAWLERS  and europeans   The afracains are only half grown and also the europeans. African Nightcrawlers are warm weather animals that do best when temperatures are between 65-80F. African Nightcrawlers can grow very large, often exceeding 9”. They are very prolific, are great composting worms, and produce wonderful organic fertilizer (Worm castings).   They intend to get bigger.     sizes will vary. These worms are raised down south where the heat gets up high. In winter we put a heat light hanging over there bins. You would not believe it because of the heat light my worms began to lay and the babies begun to hatch.      worms listed does not have to be kept cool.       Like the cold worms   A worm for all ocassions the   crawlers can be fished in warm and cold weather.It can tolarate frigid conditions   while remaining active.In fact they are great for ice fishing.That's right you can even fish with these guys threw the ice.   better yet they do not require refrigeration   like the Canadian Nightcrawlers.         These worms have four requirements; bedding, food, moisture, and proper Ph. If you meet all four requirements you will be successful in breeding this worm. The bedding needs to be little more than peat moss. The bedding should be moist but not wet. If you squeeze a handful of the bedding you should produce only a couple of drops. You will want the bedding to be about eight inches deep. The worm use the top few inches of the bedding, so eight inches should be plenty. Africains  eat a diet rich in garbage. They will eat nearly anything. Our studies indicate that the africains  will consume food scraps at a greater rate than the common red or compost worm Esenia Foetida. If you keep worms for the purpose of composting your scraps for casting production, you will want to put this worm to work for you. Grain feeding also works well in the production of Hortensis. Chicken egg laying mash works well. You will want to top feed these worms so that the feed does not get mixed into the bedding. This does not mean that they are impervious to disease, and acidity. You must keep the proper Ph in the beds at all times. It is best to keep the Ph of your worm bedding between 6.0 and 7.0?   We recommend chicken egg layer mash because it is a nearly complete food supplying many nutrients and minerals. If it makes chickens lay eggs, we figured it would help worm lay eggs. We were right. We increased our worm production by about twenty- percent with this food. Top feeding means that you feed the grains only on the top of the beds. Do not cover the entire top with the feed. You will always want to give the worms some room to escape should the bedding become sour. The best way to feed the grains to the worms is to moisten the grains in a separate bucket or container, and the feed the worms by placing a row of the wet feed down the center of the bed or bin. Make sure that the worms have plenty of room to escape on both sides of the bed or bin. Measure the pH regularly. This is very important, for bedding can sour quickly, and you can loose your worms if the pH gets too high. pH measurement is best done with a chemical pH tester available?  The Chemical testers are more reliable in my estimation. If your pH is at 7.0 or below treat the bedding with powdered limestone, which is available at you local feed and garden store. Use the limestone liberally. I have found it best to mix the lime with the feed when you are moistening it. This will stop the acid from developing in the feed. You should also sprinkle the tops of the beds with limestone once every three weeks. Make sure you use powdered limestone, palletized lime will burn and kill the worms. Ask for powdered limestone, the type used on horse stall bedding. (It is important to remember that this worm is also great for composting scraps, so you can feed this worm your kitchen scraps, and never have to feed them grain. )Grain feeding is mostly used for the production of worms for sale. africains  will eat nearly any food scrap you can produce with the exception of bones  OR MILK PROUDUCTS. You can create a bin out of anything that will hold bedding, and allow for drainage. Tubs, Rubbermaid containers, wooden crates, or cement block beds all make great housing for afr. Just be sure to turn the bedding in whichever container you use every three weeks. Turning the bedding gives you a chance to see the worms, but is also provides air to the bedding, which will help reduce harmful acid from being produced. Hortensis is a prolific breeder. Soon after setting up your bins and beds you will notice many capsules in your beds and bins. The  worms like to lay eggs near where the food is placed. I have found that the worm  lays more capsules than many other worms including the red worm. . Each worm will lay one to two capsules per week. Each capsule will hatch out between 4 and twenty worms. You can easily see how the increase in population will be large in a short amount of time. There are no male and female worms. Worm are asexual, which means that all worms produce offspring. The worm  is best purchased for breeding when they are half grown. The reason for this is that this is when they are still young they breed best. Other worms breed best when they are at their largest size. This is not really a problem for the grower who is planning on growing this worm for bait, or for resale as bait.The worm  requires some care in shipping. provisions are made in the packaging to artificially create the temperatures needed. Harvesting is important to mention. You do not need any expensive equipment to harvest your worms. All you need is a bright light, and fingers. Place a pile of bedding with worms in it on slab beneath a bright light. Slowly remove the first layer of bedding. The worms will burrow into the bedding to escape the light. As the worms burrow keep removing the bedding. Repeat until the all of the bedding is removed, and all of the worms are in one pile on the slab OR a old table would work just fine..       The  nightcrawler is rapidly becoming the ideal bait and live food worm.  nightcrawlers are not only the toughest and most active worms on the market, but are the only earthworm that can be used successfully in salt water. Nightcrawlers have been used for ice fishing in the frigid waters of Northwestern British Columbia, and have been found to be still active on the hook after 30 minutes in the water under 18" of ice! The nightcrawler is also a good food source for birds, turtles, On Sep-12-08 at 12:00:50 PDT, seller added the following information:500 hundred Africains and 500 europeans total 1000 worms instead of 250  Africain and 250 europeans. Place a Bid!