‘Snail so called Gurus’ who Tell you to construct a pen, purchase snails from their own farms , feed them with paw-paw leaves or a ‘fantastic formulated feed’ , allow each figure snail lay anywhere from 20-400 eggs five-6 times a 12 months, gain a hundred% hatch-ability so that you could have 1,000,000 toddler snails (a million) snails well worth N200,000,00[color=#990000][/color]0 (one million bucks) in an 12 extra months is absolutely now not being sensible.
Those conditions can best be met in a scientific laboratory with massive budget allocated. Bet what? You do now not have a lab neither do you have cash to waste. (because this sort of assignment if ever accomplished could be for scientific ends and genuinely now not for private profits).
The high-quality you could do is to maximise your income the usage of my simple techniques of cheap and realistic secrets which coupled with fine practices and application of right nice manipulate will praise you extra often than not.
These are ‘little secrets and techniques’ in order to provide you with ‘massive results’.
I've compiled it in a a laugh manner from A-Z and it'll optimistically increase up extra proprietors of profitable snaileries in Nigeria , Africa and the sector at large.
SO, we could read A,B, C - the snail way! Grin
Achatina is a genus of medium-sized to very big, air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks inside the circle of relatives Achatinidae. There are a few two hundred species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. some species are kept as terrarium (simply a fancy call for an aquarium without water ; LOL) animals because of their length and colorful shells.
For the purposes of snail farming but, we will challenge ourselves with best the three species of that genus this is industrial , marketable and of direction worthwhile. They're Achatina achatina Linnaeus, Achatina marginata and their younger brother – Achatina Fulica.
Breeder snails are the patriarchs and matriarchs (despite the fact that snails are hermaphrodites) of your potential snail farm. Snails are “highly reproductive”! . These breeders are 12-24 months vintage snails who possesses the required traits needed to start, sustain and “successfulize” your snail assignment. Logical characteristics encompass shell fitness, age, species, source region, pressure elements found in shooting and transporting in addition to your own size of farm (envisioned), location of farm and kind of housing to enforce. I continually endorse sourcing mature grownup snails from deep within the forests in place of farms. Farms are a very good manner however not virtually the pleasant due to the fact the woodland snails have had a natural existence and are typically greater hardy. Snails from farms have had too much contact from ‘snail slime’ from the snail trails of other snails in the farm and this drastically reduces their fertility and normal immunity to illness
The most effective location you shouldn’t buy snails though are your metropolis markets. Stay snails from such markets are commonly burdened and are not nice for consuming.
Calcium is the single most vital element in the feeding of any snail mission. Why? easy. Low calcium consumption will sluggish the increase price and purpose the shells to be thinner. Calcium can be set out in a feeding dish or trough so the snails can devour it at will. Meals is simplest one calcium source. Snails can also devour paint or assault walls of buildings searching for calcium, and additionally they will consume dirt. I exploit two reasonably-priced calcium assets in all my farms (S.E FARM) . One from the green outer leaves of cabbage (you do no longer pay for this. It's far freely to be had in any fruit/
vegetable market in Nigeria). They'll even beg you to help them deliver the ‘dirty’! Wink
“An test became carried out to assess the boom overall performance of African Massive Land Snail Achatina achatina fed with three natural feedstuff; pawpaw fruit, pawpaw leaves and cabbage leaves. A total of 24 developing snails of about one year old have been used for the study. Those were randomly divided into six businesses and then allocated into the 3 experimental diets, arranged in a totally randomized design (CRD) order. Dry remember intakes of feed being served every different days, weight advantage and length increase of snails were assessed fortnightly. The results showed that pawpaw leaf is better in protein than cabbage leaf and pawpaw fruit.
however, cabbage leaf includes some essential mineral elements, which can be useful in body constructing than the alternative two feedstuffs. It additionally showed that snails fed with cabbage leaves had the very best dry matter consumption and weight advantage of 14.2 and 18.6 g, respectively. Maximum shell period and circumference boom of zero.3 and 0.6 cm have been obtained in pawpaw fruit and pawpaw leaf respectively. Despite the fact that there has been no importance distinction (p > 0.05) in the weight gain of snails fed with pawpaw fruit and cabbage leaves, cabbage leaf appears to be richer in protein and other essential mineral elements than pawpaw fruit. It was consequently concluded that cabbage leaf ought to function an awesome replacement for pawpaw fruit and leaves, which hitherto were known as the desired natural feedstuff of snails.”
That become the summary of a studies paper through four professor stage specialists from the Federal college of forestry Jericho , Ibadan. I noticed it considering the fact that 2009 and I have implemented it effectively.
the opposite cheap however effective calcium supply is broken rock fragments of limestone. simply place them as ‘Licking stones’ in pens or the habitat where you propose to house your snails. Find them easily in stores wherein poultry feeds are offered or simply take a hike to the hills of Okpella in Edo, Nkalagu in Ebonyi, Obajana in Kogi or mfanmosing in move river and cargo sacks of it for you.
properly Calcium Deliver, Larger Healthier Snails.
Density Matters! In preference to questioning what brought Physics into snail farming, proper use of area can decide if your snail task is a hit or no longer. Why have masses of snails in a restricted area or little snails in a extensive enclosure. One trouble as I stated in ‘Breeder Snails’ is the reality that density affects the increase and breeding ability of snails. High density populations have a tendency to grow slowly, grow to be smaller adults, and lay fewer clutches of eggs and less eggs in step with seize. If the snails are very densely packed, they'll not breed at all. The amassing slime suppresses replica. different disadvantages of Excessive density are the Excessive prices of parasitism and ease of transmission of illnesses.
Snails have a tendency no longer to reproduce whilst packed too densely or whilst the slime within the pen accumulates too much. The slime seemingly works like a pheromone and suppresses reproduction. Alternatively, snails in organizations of about one hundred seem to breed higher than whilst just a few snails are constrained collectively. Possibly they have got more potential buddies from which to select. Snails in a densely populated area grow more slowly even when Meals is abundant, and in addition they have a higher mortality charge. Those snails then end up smaller adults who lay fewer clutches of eggs, have fewer eggs in step with take hold of, and the eggs have a lower hatch price. Smaller adult snails sell for less. Dwarfing is quite common in snail farming and is attributable specifically to rearing situations in preference to heredity factors. Crowding snails is fake economy
Consider about 20 Mature snails in line with square meter.( Infact, in keeping with cube meter as they tend to climb). 40/Square for medium snails and eighty-100/Sq. for child snails. Density Matters!
Escargot truly means snail supposed for consumption usually in Europe and especially in France, Spain and Portugal. For this outside farming functions, I will restrict it to farming, harvesting, processing and advertising and marketing of well packagaed snails. You need to get to the ‘escargot stage’ if you are equipped to completely take advantage of the goldmine that is snail farming. It isn't always truly costly to begin. As low as having 100 mature snails laid freely by 5 breeders can start out your snail empire. As opposed to promoting to the marketplace girl who would price and haggle, just harvest your snails, easy them hygienically and store uncooked in a freezer. Now you may have a better rate out of your road facet ‘frozen bird and fish store’ , a neighbour or even a hotel or rapid-Food chain. a hundred portions x 250-400Naira in 6-8months.Do the mathematics for a thousand portions when all you need is 50 metres square (5metres by using 10metres piece of land) I smell cash!
I promised to bare ‘every mystery’ in snail farming.
Bigger escargot operations can rake in Hundreds of thousands from exporting to Europe, Asia and of direction AmericaA. The U.S.A.is a goldmine as the government banned ‘Live’ snails from being imported. Our African brothers want snail in that usa no be small in view that no Large African Snail farm can exist legally.
you can even do what I name stock market trading in snails. I honestly purchase small to medium sized snails from the forests at a completely cheap price within the wet season (we're in one in the meanwhile however it will quickly give up so take movement now and put them in my ‘snail financial institution’ for six months). With a mix of understanding no longer unrelated to reasonably-priced/excellent feeds and whole snail care you could sell within the dry season four-6 months later and make four-5 instances gross income. (Don't forget initial capital, feeding costs ).
Example purchase 1000 snails at N50 and promote for N250 after ‘Banking’ them. more greatest is you harvest, smooth and market your self.
This inventory market is surer than sure.
Feeding is the single most critical aspect in snail farming. Snails are smooth to feed, They may feed on almost each natural Food source this is non-toxic, now not hairy/waxy together with leaves, culmination, veggies, tubers and family wastes (that contain no Table Salt (NaCl).
commonplace Food sources consist of end result and vegetables like banana, melon, cabbage, carrot, pawpaw, lettuce, cucumber, potato, pumpkin, plantain etc. some humans formulate unique feeds for snails but You have to outweigh the cons with the seasoned. Why buy when you may have it all natural and subsequent to unfastened? Consider less expensive assets! Fruit markets, gardens and even the bush at the back of your private home.
The sort of housing and the scope of your farm will in the long run decide your source and form of feeds. In that admire, touch me. Consultancy isn't always steeply-priced.
Except your snail farm is of the very considerable type, you may need to offer your snails with some or all of the Meals they want for correct development. This may require efforts for your element in growing or collecting snail Food, or coins for getting it. consequently, you need to realize what snails consume and what they want. Smaller snails will decide upon juicer feed assets even as adult snails can eat hardier feeds and will every so often consume soil substrate to complement its calcium source.
Calcium as I cited in advance is ample in a few resources. I used to peel off the outdoor leaves of the cabbage until I read that the outer leaves have as plenty as 80% extra calcium (40mg/kg and 70mg/kg) than the internal leaves. I also wait till the last minute to reduce the cabbage, as exposure to the air causes lack of vitamin C.
now not forgetting the calcium/magnesium stability wanted in feeds as too much magnesium will save you calcium absorption which creates increase troubles. There are masses secrets and techniques certainly!
This is simply the start of a revolution.
Continue soon!!!
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