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    FlowHive?

    I'm curious too. I asked someone doing an educational program at the local nature center about them, when they were pretty brand new, she was very dismissive. Her main concern, at that time was that it was developed in New Zealand. She was concerned the design would not hold up well against our...
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    Looking for Blue Cochin or Polish Fertilized Eggs MN

    Did you find the state thread?
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    BSFL (Black Soldier Fly Larvae)

    Yah I have heard of doing that. Just need to go pick some hardware cloth up. The lid for my bin more or less works that way too, just very small slats, but even the pre-pupae can fit through those slats so it works out. Just takes awhile. Also I did try adding dry foods to help with drying it...
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    BSFL (Black Soldier Fly Larvae)

    I know some people get food waste from local co-ops, coffee shops, breweries and such in order to keep their colony of BSFL properly fed and happy. Just wading through my first round, of having a large sized colony, waiting to see if I get any eggs from the adults, and whether or not I will be...
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    BSFL (Black Soldier Fly Larvae)

    My BSFL are doing ok overall but has obviously gone anaerobic a few times, starts to get really smelly, it is too wet and clumps form. Another big mistake I made early on, which I am paying for now with odor etc...is feeding them stuff I didn't know they couldn't digest such as paper towels...
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    Comment by 'MNnative' in article 'Why are my chickens mean to each other?'

    Part of it is that Bob has access to his coop cam, for good reason, but in his case this gives him access to footage of interactions others may just not be aware of in their coop.
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    What do you do with ALL THESE CHICKS?!!

    There are two distinct vaccines, in the U.S. at least, from two different large Pharmaceutical Companies. They have very different requirements for storage etc.. this makes me think they may be developed quite differently too. I have not looked into the specifics of either vaccine as of yet...
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    BSFL (Black Soldier Fly Larvae)

    You still active? Still have BSFL? Yah the BioPod is expensive but well researched and therefore well designed. I think they estimate 1 BioPod will feed 5-7 chickens as a staple part of their diet. They have huge open bins that are made for those with bigger flocks. I am still going with DIY...
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    Large Scale Soldier Fly Larvae farming for 'chicken/duck fodder'?

    That is pretty impressive! So you have them naturally in your area in the summer? I'm not sure if we do. I think generally it is too cold for them to survive here. For that reason I plan to keep mine as a more or less closed system so as to not introduce a non-native species. I already do the...
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    Black soldier fly

    My flies that were hatching from old feeder BSFL. He won't really eat them anymore once they are no longer moving. Once they get mature enough to no longer need food, some times when they crawl off they end up hidden someplace. If I find them I put them back in his food dish. This time they...
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    selling bsfl

    I have been feeding them to my reptile for awhile. I ordered immature BSFL this time around when getting live insects for him. So now I have a ton of them eating and growing exponentially right now. They are plowing though the kitchen scraps as I type.
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    Large Scale Soldier Fly Larvae farming for 'chicken/duck fodder'?

    In lab like settings they are now growing/farming BSF (Black Soldier Flies) / BSFL (BSF Larvae) for use in animal feed on a commercial scale. In that case they are being processed into what is often called insect meal, animal protein meal or protein meal from what I understand. I have a...
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    Buff Duck Hen Nesting in Minnesota - Will they hatch?

    Yes it has actually been quite cold the last few weeks.
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    black soldier fly larvae-selling

    Oh I didn't even think to look for that kind of info. Oh well. I suppose maybe they don"t even have chickens anymore.
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    Warning: Gross discussion of poop and flies incoming!

    FYI Black Soldier Flies don't lay eggs on their future food source, but rather near it in crevices and such in a dry area where the newly hatched larvae (BSFL) will fall into/onto their food source or otherwise have easy access to source of food. Typically BSFL will, eventually, out compete the...
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