Live Worms - Red Wiggler (Eisenia fetida)
Live Red Wiggler Worms (Eisenia fetida): The King of Composting Worms
Fed 'n Happy Red Wigglers turn your food scraps into black gold. Whether you're starting your first worm bin, scaling up a compost operation, or stocking your tackle box, our worms are ready to go to work for you.
Only about 1-3 inches long and the diameter of a pencil lead, Red Wigglers are amazingly quick and efficient at breaking down compost, food waste and vegetable scraps into premium worm castings. They are the same worms that produce every Fed 'n Happy product, raised on our Hutchinson, KS and Murray, IA farms.
Sick of throwing out food waste? Turn your trash into treasure.
What You Get
- Live Red Wiggler worms ( Eisenia fetida ), sold by weight from 1 lb to 100 lb
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- Healthy, happy worms ready to go to work
What They Do
- Eat fast: consume up to half their body weight in a day
- Make black gold: turn food scraps, vegetable waste and bedding into nutrient-rich worm castings
- Multiply quickly: each worm can produce about 3 cocoons a week, and each cocoon can hatch 2-4 worms
- Work near the surface: surface dwellers that feed on organic bedding, compost, vegetable waste and food scraps
What That Means for You
- Less food waste in the trash
- A steady supply of castings for your garden
- Highly bioavailable nutrients your plants' roots can easily absorb
- A smaller carbon footprint
- A beginner-friendly process with healthier, happier plants
Who uses Fed 'n Happy Red Wigglers
Home composters, backyard gardeners, worm farmers, trout fishermen and other anglers, and chicken and reptile owners.
How to Use
- Composting: plan for 2 lb of worms to recycle about 1 lb of organic matter every 24 hours
- Fishing bait: very active on the hook and last longer in the water
- Animal feed: a safe, nutritious snack for chickens and reptiles
Which Weight?
- 1-2 lb: a household worm bin, handling roughly ½-1 lb of scraps a day
- 3-10 lb: larger households, gardens and growing compost systems
- 20-100 lb: farms, commercial composting and bait resale
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between Red Wigglers and your worm castings?
Our worms are what make our castings. Choose Red Wigglers to turn your own food waste into castings at home, and choose Red Wiggler Worm Castings when you want ready-to-use castings without raising worms.
How fast will my worms multiply?
Each worm has both male and female organs and can produce about 3 cocoons a week. In favorable conditions, each cocoon hatches 2-4 worms after about 23 days, and those babies are ready to lay cocoons of their own after about 6 weeks.
Do Red Wigglers need to be refrigerated?
No. Red Wigglers can survive in water temperatures from 40-100°F and don't need to be refrigerated.
How much can they eat?
Red Wigglers can eat about half their body weight in a day, so 2 lb of worms can recycle about 1 lb of organic matter every 24 hours.
What should I do when my worms arrive?
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How are live worms shipped, and what does FOB Hutchinson mean?
You can pick up your order at our Hutchinson, KS facility, or we can arrange shipping. FOB (Free on Board) Hutchinson means ownership and responsibility pass to you once the carrier picks up and signs for the order at our dock. From that point you own the product in transit, and any freight damage claims go through the carrier. [ADD: live-arrival policy and any weather or shipping-day restrictions]
Simple Truth
What Red Wigglers eat becomes black gold. Feed your worms, and they'll feed your soil.
Put your worms to work today!
