my crayfish farm Today I’ll take you on at tour ‘round my noble-crayfish farm 12 ponds 50 sqm each - EPDM rubber lining bottom built as terraces deepest step one and a half meter middle step one meter and 30 centimeter by the edge gravel and stone on the bottom at the edge the lining is fixed with stones or boards Purpose of my crayfish farm... ...is to get more crayfish than I can from my lake My model is inspired from the German crayfish farm, Krebszucht-jeske Krebszucht-jeske’s model Jeske starts stocking a pond with 0-year juveniles from his own hatchery ...or have females and males mate in a pond in autumn ...or berried females in spring young crayfish are fed with sprouted grain or peas or plants at 3-year stage they are sorted in females and males females for starting new crayfish lakes males are put in a grow-out pond and feed crayfish pellets one sumer late summer they have reached eating-size 50-80 gram and are sold alive for people to have their own crayfish party the pond is emptied, mud removed, and starts up again as new mud has to be removed in order to get clean water and healthy crayfish Jeske’s produces 20 kilo crayfish per 1000 sqr meter actually much more in his grow-out ponds but he also needs ponds for stock, and for the young crayfish to compare - in a good crayfish lake you can fish 5 kilo crayfish per 1000 sqm My model is about similar but I keep all stages, from 0-year to 3-years in the same pond and I don’t feed them feeding turned the water into algae soup crayfish became covered with hair algae - and got sick so I stopped feeding but then I can only keep small crayfish who can feed on natural food as small animals and plants 3-years are put into lakes for crayfishing In my lake I have my stock and catch crayfish for my ponds and for eating today I’ll catch some for stocking my ponds these have to be sorted in females and males I only need the females the difference between male and female male has two small legs between his body and tail this is his penis look at this female - has no penis that’s the difference - male to the left and female to the right Here’s a crayfish hide has been here for months it has many crayfish most females - they go for stocking the ponds Now we will stock some ponds this pond gets ten females and then two males now they can have their weddig here I fish crayfish in the ponds at night I use a flashlight and a racket here’s one racket behind it a stick to scare it into the racket with clear water it’s easy to spot the crayfish this way I can catch a hundred crayfish in one hour here’s a fry from this year I try to keep my stock at ten per sqare meter by adding more females if they are less and fish more if there are many ten per sqm suits the amount of natural food and I do’nt need to feed them here’s a drone video from my lake and ponds my grandson Phillip made it for his granddad the lake is for my stock and for fishing with sustainable crayfishing in the ponds I have my small crayfish I catch and put in lakes for crayfishing a few years in a lake and they have grown to eating size would you like crayfish in your garden? but no pond then you can make a backyard crayfish farm from raised beds with water instead of soil just half a meter water is enough you can plant water lilies to get beautiful nature in your garden four raised beds are enough for a full system 3 beds for juveniles and one as grow-out pond feed with sprouted grain or crayfish pellets from Sveden you also need a pond for your stock or - you can buy 3-yearlings and feed them a summer you only need one pond then ten sqm pond should produce fourty crayfish - two kilos now we got around to it all thanks for watching hope I see you again in my next video
my crayfish farm
Today I’ll take you on at tour ‘round my noble-crayfish farm
12 ponds 50 sqm each - EPDM rubber lining
bottom built as terraces
deepest step one and a half meter
middle step one meter and 30 centimeter by the edge
gravel and stone on the bottom
at the edge the lining is fixed with stones or boards
Purpose of my crayfish farm...
...is to get more crayfish than I can from my lake
My model is inspired from the German crayfish farm, Krebszucht-jeske
Krebszucht-jeske’s model
Jeske starts stocking a pond with 0-year juveniles from his own hatchery
...or have females and males mate in a pond in autumn
...or berried females in spring
young crayfish are fed with sprouted grain or peas or plants
at 3-year stage they are sorted in females and males
females for starting new crayfish lakes
males are put in a grow-out pond and feed crayfish pellets one sumer
late summer they have reached eating-size 50-80 gram
and are sold alive for people to have their own crayfish party
the pond is emptied, mud removed, and starts up again as new
mud has to be removed in order to get clean water and healthy crayfish
Jeske’s produces 20 kilo crayfish per 1000 sqr meter
actually much more in his grow-out ponds
but he also needs ponds for stock, and for the young crayfish
to compare - in a good crayfish lake you can fish 5 kilo crayfish per 1000 sqm
My model is about similar
but I keep all stages, from 0-year to 3-years in the same pond
and I don’t feed them
feeding turned the water into algae soup
crayfish became covered with hair algae - and got sick
so I stopped feeding
but then I can only keep small crayfish
who can feed on natural food as small animals and plants
3-years are put into lakes for crayfishing
In my lake I have my stock
and catch crayfish for my ponds and for eating
today I’ll catch some for stocking my ponds
these have to be sorted in females and males
I only need the females
the difference between male and female
male has two small legs between his body and tail
this is his penis
look at this female - has no penis
that’s the difference - male to the left and female to the right
Here’s a crayfish hide
has been here for months
it has many crayfish
most females - they go for stocking the ponds
Now we will stock some ponds
this pond gets ten females
and then two males
now they can have their weddig here
I fish crayfish in the ponds at night
I use a flashlight and a racket
here’s one
racket behind it
a stick to scare it into the racket
with clear water it’s easy to spot the crayfish
this way I can catch a hundred crayfish in one hour
here’s a fry from this year
I try to keep my stock at ten per sqare meter
by adding more females if they are less
and fish more if there are many
ten per sqm suits the amount of natural food
and I do’nt need to feed them
here’s a drone video from my lake and ponds
my grandson Phillip made it for his granddad
the lake is for my stock and for fishing
with sustainable crayfishing
in the ponds I have my small crayfish
I catch and put in lakes for crayfishing
a few years in a lake and they have grown to eating size
would you like crayfish in your garden?
but no pond
then you can make a backyard crayfish farm from raised beds
with water instead of soil
just half a meter water is enough
you can plant water lilies to get beautiful nature in your garden
four raised beds are enough for a full system
3 beds for juveniles and one as grow-out pond
feed with sprouted grain or crayfish pellets from Sveden
you also need a pond for your stock
or - you can buy 3-yearlings and feed them a summer
you only need one pond then
ten sqm pond should produce fourty crayfish - two kilos
now we got around to it all
thanks for watching
hope I see you again in my next video