Anyone using black soldier flies?

[D3invertebrates]

Nice set up! Freeze drying is just a fancy way of dehydrating. Once the process is finish they come out of the freezer just like they would come out of the dehydrator.

 

[CluckyJay]

So then after dehydrating, I can grind them up into a meal for storage, right? My goal is making pellets out of BS meal and my other additives.

 

[D3invertebrates]

Sure you could grind them up but theres really no need to, be lazy and let the chickens do all the work for you.

I guess if you have smaller birds it would be good to chop em up, I cut some into pieces to give to my young quail, since there in a cage cutting them up helps the little birds keep from dropping the whole pieces through the floor while there trying to get ahold of em.

 

[CluckyJay]

Yea, if I were just feeding them whole I'd do that. I am planning on adding them to a mixture of minerals, spices, herbs, grains and other types of food to make my own pellets/crumbles. This way I can store them in bins instead of mixing small amounts often. This is mostly an experiment, for now. If it works out well enough I might try and market my mix to some local breeders.

 

[D3invertebrates]

Certainly worthwhile, I saw bsf be sold as caterpillars

for $30 a pound recently.

 

[Kassaundra]

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Pictures?

Sorry for the delay

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Bottom half of a 55 Gal. barrel.
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BFS grubs self harvesting.

Cool simple set up.

 

[binders]

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Wow! That is a really simple set-up and seems to work well. Are the number of larva climbing out of the tub the usual number? There seem to be so many.

 

[CluckyJay]

Tell me about it. around 10.00 for 150 of them!!! I am gonna be selling for muuuchh less when I start selling the little guys.

 

[D3invertebrates]

lol most people would have a hard time believing how profitable something like bugs could. I myself have made alot of money off em, Ive made thousands in a single day before selling spiders. I know some of those guys selling crickets online are making millions yearly.

 

[CluckyJay]

I wanna be making at the least, enough to pay our bills! I hope its possible. So far I am having lots of luck with production--I just need a better set up to churn out millions of bugs each year.


I have a few other buggy ideas I am saving up too. I am adding them to my Ebook. I hope that can sell as well!!