Question about processing

[LindaB220]

We process every week so we have quite a lot of offal. Essentially just the intestines since we sell everything else so there are no bones. We dig post holes as we need them with a 10" auger as deep as it will go and make a little compost pit. We soon have BSFs and other fly maggots turning these into compost. It takes a while to fill these hole because once these guys get going they reduce the volume very quickly. To keep out scavengers we just put a square of expanded metal over the top and add a cemet block. They are at the edge of our garden and deliberately left open to smell, because it completely deters the deer from feasting on our veggies. All of our fruit trees and grape vines are planted on the holes after the maggots get done.

Anyway to get the maggots for the chickens?

Always got it on my mind.

 

[collaire]

When they really get going it's easy to scoop up several cups for treats if you wish. I sometimes set a bucket with offal with a peice of expanded metal over the top in the runs. When the maggots go to seek out a place to pupate in the earth and crawl out of the bucket my birds pick them off with delight.