Update : I'm getting black soldier flys afterall! The only thing that put me off before was I didn't think it was warm enough here in the UK but apparently if you keep them in a greenhouse, which I have, they will be fine over winter! I'm so stoked, I didn't realize how incredible these things...
Hmm I just looked up whether they could eat red cherry shrimp and couldn't find anything, only forums of people asking if they can eat cooked shrimp or shrimp shells / tails etc can't find any info as to whether they can eat live tank grown shrimp, I did find one comment from a person who said...
Yep I have a compost heap I started a few months back for that purpose :) I'm putting the used guinea pig bedding on it along with any twigs and branches they spend maybe an hour a day picking round it, they're free range all day too :) do you think the red cherry shrimp would be ok for them? I...
I actually had considered farming red cherry shrimp in a tank for them! Apparently they breed quite fast and are hardy, but I'm not sure if they would be ok for chickens to eat
I started my own mealworm farm last month and my 3 hens absolutely love them, can you farm snails for them as easily as you can with mealworms? Does anyone do that, I would love to farm black soldier fly as they seem to be the perfect bug for them but we don't get them over here :( and it would...