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...
Although many of these posters are well-intentioned, I feel they're kinda clutter'n up me thread. So I made this thread for some of these off-topic discussions that got started in there.
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I can tell you two good reasons...
1) Decent animal husbandry
2) MY time, MY money, and...
I have been feeding chickens duckweed fertilized with nightsoil (mine).
What kind of symptoms or diseases could a chicken get from eating doodie?
Has anyone tried fertilizing this stuff with chicken manure? I don't plan to do that because it seems riskier, but they might get their poop in...
[ETA: Since creating this thread I have had second thoughts about bringing soldier flies to this property. I have put some of the following statements in red, to indicate that these claims may not be true (or no longer true). I was awaiting some answers from ProtoCulture, but their forum has...
Many people recommend 1/2" x 1/2" hardware cloth. Has anyone had livestock harmed through 1" x 1", 1" x 2", or 1 1/2" x 1 1/2? For example, a raccoon grabbing a bird, rabbit, etc.
(I changed the question after two replies.)
For those who have heard of cats killing chicks/chickens: How many chickens were killed at once, how old were they, how many were available, and were the chickens confined?
I read through half this thread and found only one post where they lost multiple chicks (23!) at a time, apparently to a...
Update: This is only an idea I had that gave many concerned people the impression I was going to try it without heeding their advice. I have the design for my coop and it doesn't implement any of these hypothetically experimental ideas. I'm still interested in this but I won't get around to it...