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[Ivyblaze]

My sister in law is looking for two lionhead bunnies for my nephews easter present. Apparently he has it in his head that the Easter bunny is bringing him two baby bunnies for Easter and you can't convince him of any different idea. He's three so go figure lol If anyone has any please let me know. Thanks

 

[Poco Pollo]

upcdayz - Reusing materials is a great idea. My largest brooder has two window screens on top to allow ventilation and to keep the chicks from flying out. Yesterday I discovered one of the screens had a hole in one corner. This was confirmed when I counted the chicks.... four were missing. I found the little escape artists sitting in the garden cart next to a bag of chick start. I'm glad they chose to stay inside the barn. They would have been hawk lunch if they'd ventured out.

 

[GotGame]

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I see them on craigslist pretty often...

 

[GotGame]

where is everyone?

 

[sixshooter60]

Good morning folks or i guess afternoon... i got the rest of the week off

been trying to work on the coop this morning man the wind here is rough. got some iron to put on the roof but think i will pass on that today since i dont need a trip to the er or find myself in Kansas..lol..got to get the barn varmit proof soon or else gona have to put some nest boxes in the brooder...

 

[sixshooter60]

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i have a buddy thats got some.. where are you located

 

[Kassaundra]

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Hi Kassaundra,

A friend brought my attention to this thread and I'm very glad to see someone adapting my BSF bucket using found materials. I'll be adding some options on my composter page for lowering the cost to build it using new material, but free is always better.

One problem I see is that the Velcro has gaps in it. When there is condensation present on the walls of your unit the larvae will simply crawl up and around your Velcro and out the vent holes. BSFL are escape artists! Even with a continuous strip a few will get out, but with that configuration you'll lose a lot.

I can't see your funnel very well, but make sure it's snug against the wall of the unit or the vast majority of larvae will go around it. The interface between the funnel and the unit wall is the fussiest part of this design.

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There is confusion about the protein/fat content of BSFL. Dried larvae are 42% protein and 35% fat according to the most widely referenced study I can find. The fresh/live larvae are about 17% protein and 9% fat according to information provided by Dr. Craig Sheppard, the owner of the Phoenix worm company. The calcium content (8155 ppm) must be great for chickens too.

I'm not certain about the science but I believe it's risky to raise larvae using manure and then feeding the resulting larvae back to the same class of animal. In other words I wouldn't feed bird manure to larvae and then feed those larvae back to birds. I assume the risk involves pathogens in a loop.

I love what you're doing, good luck! If you have any questions I would be glad to help if I can.

Jerry

Thanks for the info and clarification. I didn't think about the pathogen loop w/ the chicken poop, I'll adjust that to just kitchen scraps. And add more velcro. The funnel tube is attatche to the wall w/ more industrial strength velcro, but I can put another piece on the funnel itself to make sure it is snug against the wall.

Thank you for posting your info online, I would have never come up w/ this w/o your inspiration.

 

[sixshooter60]

hey gotgame how did the hatch turn on for you

 

[sixshooter60]

hey i got a question.. how many different breeds of chickens have the fifth toe?? got a chick here with the extra toe wondering what it is

 

[GotGame]

I got 6 out of 9 hatched...