Feeding mealworms

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J Getting
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Location: Iowa/Grundy Center

Is it true that you have to cut the heads off before you feed them to the martins?
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Louise Chambers
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I believe that is only if feeding the mealworms to nestlings. Adult martins can process the mealworms okay, bite the head if need be, etc.
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Bulldog1
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I will do a lot for my martins, but I am not biting into meal worms :-)
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Ed Pace
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Bulldog1, I heard they are high in protein.
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Ed Pace
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