Recent content by Lumenos

Quote: They don't recommend feeding them to chickens only if they are raised in poultry manure or (uncooked) offal (body parts). BSFL are extremely high in calcium and another nutrient that many vegetable feeds are lacking. They may be able to replace medicated feed because their fat prevents...

Quote: Some people with livestock and lots of manure do get a great deal of them. Thing is, if they got rid of them they would probably have millions of unsanitary houseflies. However, you might want to be careful because the newly hatched ones are hard to see and they can live in your body if...

Quote: The BioPod forum has become unavailable for at least the past day. This is the first time that I have noticed it go down. Perhaps geedub has heard something about what is happening. I will be posting updates on this information here, here, or in this forum. Me thinks the BioPod forum...

Quote: The BioPod forum has become unavailable for at least the past day. This is the first time that I have noticed it go down. Perhaps geedub has heard something about what is happening. I will be posting updates on this information here, here, or in this forum. Me thinks the BioPod forum...

Quote: That's unfortunate. I thought we were on good terms lately. You asked for a problem with BSFL. The problem is I don't know if I can keep the soldier flies out of manure and I don't know if manure with BSFL is as sanitary. Maybe for you it isn't a problem but for me it is, because I...

(Black soldier fly larvae are also called soldier grubs or Phoenix Worms.) Soldier grubs vs redworms: Quote: Nutritional/medicinal advantages of soldier grubs: (I'm not sure if some of these apply also to redworms.) Quote: However some of that may depend on what they are fed: Quote...

For me, Google now shows only one result from the BioPod Forum. Earlier today it showed multiple pages linking to copies of the pages in Google's cache.

On geedub's blog there is a page called "Black Soldier Fly Challenge". I tried to post the following information there, but had no luck. Here is basically what I was trying to post...

Quote: They don't thrive at 150º, they must be staying in cooler areas on the fringe of the pile. - "Maximum w/Survival: Larvae survive at temperatures up to 45 C (113 F). (1)" Err, I'm not sure I am even remembering correctly. It was a post by [Rob Ludlow (Nifty-Chicken)]. He may have said...

This statement from my first post was way off: Quote: I have since learned that soldier grubs seem to have about the same heat tolerance as these roundworm eggs, but they are rumored to crawl away from temperatures around 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This [may have] important implications for the...

Quote: The BioPod forum has become unavailable for at least the past day. This is the first time that I have noticed it go down. Perhaps geedub has heard something about what is happening. I will be posting updates on this information here, here, or in this forum.

Quote: I suppose it will eventually be free of pathogens such as roundworm eggs. I was a little worried that would sound preachy again. It seems that BSFL might be very good for certain pathogens (roundworm or Ascaris eggs) or it might be very bad for them. At this point it seems possible that...

Quote: I found a small order (250 worms) at eBay. I recently posted about this experience here.

Dogfish, that is a fine run there but I'm going to make something portable. The chickens'/muscovies' job is to turn "weeds" into eggs, meat, and fertilizer. Quote: WHEN YOU QUOTE SOMEONE MAKE SURE IT IS THEIR QUOTE!!!! I DID NOT SAY THAT ! I ONLY AGREED WITH IT! I am all for looking for more...

Quote: Quote: Practically speaking the only way you'll kill the colony is if you allow them to overheat with no way to escape. Even if that did happen you don't necessarily need another instant source of larvae because there will be egg laden females ready to restart your bin. Thanks...