How To Make Infinite FREE Animal Feed
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The bugs are much more efficient if you will grind and drain produce. That will let you ditch the drain tube also. Balance the moister out with dry food like grounds and bread. A single pod 2x2 1/2 feet has been producing 1/2 gallon of larva daily all summer being fed about 10 lbs a day. Larva reach peak nutritional value at 15 days. Most of what is fed to 15 birds are large white larva while most of the black pre-pupa are released to mature and return with eggs.
Not including the family of 5 sweet little Wrens that eat bugs out of the bin all day.
Have to come up with accommodations for the song birds when the operation is moved indoors and ramped up in January.
it sounds to me the grubs wont grow for the winter seasons. So do we dry store the excess grubs during the season and fee the chickens during the cold seasons?
Could probably vacuume seal bags of em and freeze them. Dehydration and rehydration could probably work too, or dehydrat and grind into a meal that could be made into paste or pellets
you can process them into some kind of grubs flour.
They form into a chrysalis a week or so after becoming the black grubs. You can take that, and stick it in the fridge, it's good for a long while like that, and the chickens will eat them even in the chrysalis. They don't hang like caterpillars, they just get kinda stiff and don't move.
I really like this idea, I live off-grind and have about 35 chickens, and I'm always looking for ideas to bring my feed cost down.
Nice work guys :)
How much does feed for that many chickens cost you normally?
They will go crazy for the grubs
@@anthonymazzeo6123 Alot. Free range chickens will get them to be profitable. Cage chickens are a negative investment
Off grid you mean. Join the club. Unfortunately my cat would kill the chickens.
Super great! Thanks for the look into your biopod for black soldier fly larvae nourishment, growth, and harvest.
Did you know some crazy people were considering feeting this chicken worm food to people?
What flies can replace the black soldiers flies in southamerica?
I would love to know as well
Mosca soldado!
@@HectorNoya thanks. Mas precisa colocar a larva no ecossistema ou ela ja está por aqui?
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I read recently that Black Soldier Flies originate from South America. There should be some there, too.
Well, this looks like a very well thought idea, congratulations.
I don't know if in europe we have these flies (hope not but probably yes?) but I remember from when I was a kid that you could do something like this with some scarabs that ate paper and flour. People with terrariums and so had big jars with self sustaining (well, if you provided flour and paper) worm populations.
You are amazing. Can't wait to see the full DIY video of this 😍😍😍🔥
Protein is protein, dont judge me
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This is really good. Just a thought, wouldn't it be easier to just place this next to the chicken coop sticking through the side and then just have the grubs fall out of the end right into the chocken pen? Which would act as a kind of natural, automated system?
This was my thought as well... ima gunna try it, what could possibly go wrong... haha
I love this channel ❤
Really great sustainable idea! Congrats !!!
The most important question you didnt discuss: ehats the design and how do u do it?
You can't determine what you need from the video?
Do you get black soldier flies in Australia?
Apparently. The Gardening Australia channel has a video on farming black soldier flies.
Hello, I’m wondering if the plans or building tutorial were ever posted anywhere? Great video and concept.
What size pvc pipes did you use? The one i made doesn't seem large enough for the BSF to use. Im also curious to see how your 2nd version with the pipes and bucket outside of the pod is set up. I tried a single pipe as a ramp but they don't use it and rather go up the side of the pod instead.
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Thanks for Sharing really good idea!
Great idea! I would like to implement this, but I'm pretty sure there are no Black Flies in Canary Islands (islands located in the Atlantic, near south Morocco).
Is there an alternative fly type that can be used? This is a pretty dry and volcanic landscape btw
just ship the worms. BSF is the most ideal.
But next on queue is mealworms.
No te preocupes. Hay insectos descomponedores en todos los ecosistemas. En España tenemos varias especies de descomponedores.
Black soldier flies are "native to the Neotropical realm, but in recent decades has spread across all continents, becoming virtually cosmopolitan. It is present in most of North America and Europe, including the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Italy, Croatia, Malta, the Canary Islands". - Wikipedia
Do these produce larva year round where you are located? Do they need to stay warm during the winter?
Definitely needs to be protected from extreme cold and heat. I would say ideally anywhere between 64f - 87f. That’s just an example point. I’m sure in extreme conditions that it doesn’t produce nearly the ideal amount.
I’m so glad I came across your channel
Great video..waiting for the next.
When purchased do better instructions come with pods ?
We are releasing our own DIY plans in 2 weeks!
@@acornlandlabsthis all sounds good but why not feed the food scraps straight to the chickens?
@@GLG_YTas mentioned in the video, to provide protein to the chickens. Most of their food scraps are probably not protein
@@acornlandlabs nice !
@@looneyknight21 Correct!
Great idea! I can't wait to see the plans to build one. We have chickens are I'm always looking for ways to save money.
Thanks so much for sharing info like this.
you should also consider a worm tower with the three bucket system. another way to get chicken feed.
Love this idea, but nobody calling out they switched the design mid video and then it switched back? Which version works better, bucket inside or out? Or is it preference?
NO bites or stings from the
Black soldier flies. 👍🖖
Was the longer guide on how to build the biopod ever released?
How much protein do you get from the black Soldier fly larvae?
I accidentally caught black soldier fly in my outdoor worm bin and missed them completely in the 2 bins I set up to attract them. Oh well!
Can you use the liquid from the moisture for something , like fermented with grain
Great video! I live in the tropics and have quail and chickens…. So need to start this!
Does it work all year or it is just at a certain time when they reproduce
I’m still confused what to do with the castings. Do you add them straight to the garden or do they need to go to another compost pile first. Does the moisture stop at a certain point? Can you use the moisture as fertilizer too?
Can u use the compost left behind?
Is there is DIY video or build plans for the Biopod?
Can the soldierfly larva also be food for other critters, like reptile snacks or fish bait
Sure, if they like to eat them
Yes I feed them to my cichlids
Hi! Is this system sustainable? How did you grow adult fly if the larvae fall into the bucket? Do you have a system also where you put the black larvae that grows into adult fly then back into that system?
I wonder if you could store some over the winter in a fridge, if they would stay dormant and alive for long enough to make this feasible as a food source year-round.
Roughly how much does each bipod make in larvae in a season?
So why is this system with the flys better than the one with worms?
From my understanding, the flies process scraps faster than worms, are a more protein rich food for chickens, and can be fed foods that worms can't eat (like citrus, meat scraps, and dairy).
Not sure how winters are in the area you are located. Thats my concern. Winter food sources
awesome thanks. will be trying!
Can't wait to get the plan.
What about wasps like yellow jackets? Do they find there way in?
Red ants : Ok soldiers line a bridge and We will eat those thing
Instead of coffee can we use used tea
Yes. All types of organic matter
If your chickens eat all the larvae, how do you maintain a fly population?
Lazy low effort way I do this is just put food waste in a box, drill holes in it and open the lid when larve develop and let the chickens have at it
Which better, Bsf or earthworm?
Both are great in their own way! Best of your project
Will this work in Tucson Arizona?
Yes! It’s important to not let the heat get too hot for your pods or the substrate in the pod from getting too dry
Sorry if the question sounds a bit dumb, but, would any kind of fly be attracted by these bio pods? I’m asking cause I’d like to see if this is viable in South America
Nice video I will certainly be making one of these in the future 💖
Thank you for your sharing ❤
02:27 Everything here is good except the "water barrier". This absolutely won't stop ants or other insects but WILL attract mosquitoes!
Fantastic idea but as others have written do these work with other flies, such as Bluebottles in the UK or is it only the black fly colony building that makes this work?
Might be useful to have on your site what flies/ worms etc will work else where if possible.
You can do your own research too.....not just waiting some dobthe job for you..
Or - -You could make a video about that.
Ha. He implied that I would need to obtain coffee grounds
Do you drink enough to supply multiple bins?
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@@KaleidoscopeJunkiei do. We go throw out a couple cups of coffee grounds a day. I used to add it to the compost but realized we produce so much it changed the ph of my compost... and yes. I'm up all night 😂😂😂😂
Looking to start Regenerative Farming in Puerto Rico, def going to build this!
is the bin food grade and if it is where did you get it
Where is the kit or instructions on how to build?
Flies took over mine. But I find it easy using the bin for chicklings to eat the maggots. Idk how to do this since they are older now. Kinda wish all the black carpenter flying ants would take it over.
This is a great video, great work guys :)
Do they bite? Do they get out & eat your regular garden, or, bother the ecosystem if they get out?
The BSF doesn't have any teeth or stingers. They don't carry disease or hurt the garden. Sole purpose is to lay more eggs which the larvae do all the work.
i don’t even farm i just find this entertaining
Can I use maggots in that grow in sheep manure to feed my chickens?
Is the course teach how to make the box ? And teach everything ?
So what other animals would eat this larva species? Would ducks benefit from this?
awesome job man
4:44 Long-form spring video where?
Do you have ants getting into the pods?
This is genius. Well done
If you throw food waste on the ground grubs will just grow our of it. You dont need the plastic box.... I mean i suppose this gets you more better maggots maybe.
What flies can replace black soldier flies in Europe?
Have you researched this further? As i am going to be looking into this aswell
Does this work in Southern California?
Would it be possible to set up a land lab on my land? I can try my best to record data and send it y’alls way.
For cardboard just use the cardboard egg crates!
What flies can replace black soldier fly in india
What you do whit te tea ?
in Indonesia we call maggot
Can you have a tutorial to make it please
So is it better to feed my chickens our food waste or feed flys our food waste
Both. Feed the chickens the more premium scraps and the flies the nasty, gnarly stuff. Diversity of feedstocks at all trophic levels is beneficial.
That only works in certain regions where black soldier flys are found.
So it's a compost bin?
With a lot of extra features.
does this work in asia? specifically in the Philippines?
Ang tanong may black soldier flies ba tayo d2
Won't wild animals (foxes, dogs, bears) just tear the boxes apart to get at the food waste?
Great video. You are incorrect about a few things to do with their life cycle. Namely the time spent pupating and what is ideal for chickens to eat. Chickens will eat anything but the pupating(or black) larvae do not have the highest protein content. Commercial producers harvest at 14 days as this is the time they offer the highest protein content. Both of my assertions are well documented online and in research papers.
The chickens don’t seem to be too eager to eat those black larvas in the video
Are there Black Soldier Flies in Europe?
Yes, I don’t think they’re native, but you have them now
Are there soldier flies In California ? Never heared of them
Yes
That's a neat idea but I'm not sure it would work here in the scorching climate of the middle east, I'm also not sure black soldier flies even exist in the region
We had plenty of them in Nigeria, 7 degrees north of the equator.
Will rabbits eats the grubs?
The black larvae is worse according to scientific publications. Good content anyway
Good day sir I'm ramisis nAnta I have a question , can it work here in the Philippines
It works in India & it sure will work in your country. But you have to save a stock of larva to re-reproduce. Other than that everything is good.
I would say give it a try. If you don't have the black soldier fly, there will be something else in it's place. Chickens will eat just about anything!
It seems to me you have two different styles here in your video. One with the climbing ramp with the hole in it and the bucket mounted inside of the tub… The other ones you’ve taken off the mesh from the air ports and attached a Y which guides the grubs into a bucket externally hanging. But you don’t bother show what that ramp looks like.
I’m pretty sure you said you were going to make another video about this. Is that gonna happen anytime soon? It’s been eight months. Did you forget?
You did say in this video you were going to show how to make one of these. I know it’s pretty simple looking at it but when you’ve gone with two different versions, it makes it a little bit more difficult to understand for your audience - which version they should probably go with.
Especially since you don’t really give them all of the details. I assume the principal is still the same. Perhaps you should at least provide a link in the description to someone else’s channel who has actually shown how to do this.
Genius
You know I can use in France? Don't know if there is black soldier fly here
Why would you feed table scraps (that the chickens can already eat) to bugs, just to feed those same chickens the worms you created with the scraps they could have eaten? Genuinely wondering if this is necessary in like a survival situation
Drop the schematics, please.
can u say "turn food waste into fun waste" instead? thx
My favorite part is when he said they don't use the coloreds