A look into alternative means of feeding birds.
A jpurney into the world of black soldier fly farming.. Bsf farmers on NL , LETS SHARE THOUGHTS on how best to mine this black gold. An adult bsf is below..

Black soldier fly differs from common house flies.bsf lays between 500 to 700 eggs per clutch. These eggs, all things beingequal hatch after 2-4 days.

BSF FLIES dont lay eggs in a dirt or waste like house flies but lay their eggs at a height close to the waste , so on hatching the larva will fall into the waste and start its life as a young maggot.

Below is my young larva feasting on cuccumber...

Over ten days bsf larva feasting on rotten banana and cucumbers..

Below are BSF PRE PUPA , WHICH will SOON TURN INTO adult bsf..

I will over the course of some days build a mini house for the bsf ..my goal is to cut birds feed consumption to 50% using bsf larva..welcome as we make this journey together..

Bsf life cycle

What's the economic value of this fly and what are you hoping to gain from it...??

yanabasee1:
What's the economic value of this fly and what are you hoping to gain from it...??

Very cheap protein source for birds and fishes ..broilers can be raised using the bsf..it is already a multi million dollar investments in some nations.broilers rush the larva more than feed..

Nice thread. Keep it up.
Whats the lifespan? Thats from hatching to harvesting stage

Mrkellz:
Nice thread. Keep it up.
Whats the lifespan? Thats from hatching to harvesting stage

30 days or less , it all depends on what u are feeding them..wastes from kitchen are superb..

Can you post a picture of the whole set-up? Thanks In advance. Do you sell the lavaes? Where are you located?

mfm04622:
Can you post a picture of the whole set-up? Thanks In advance. Do you sell the lavaes? Where are you located?

I said am still putting up the structure.where I will have the pupa turn into bsf, and the cycle continues..
My location is anambra

Pupa hatched into flies but not laying eggs yet..