How to raise insects to feed chickens? Methods and technical key points
How to raise insects to feed chickens?
(Agricultural Wealth Website) How to raise insects to feed chickens?
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Using high-protein live feed such as maggots and earthworms to raise chickens, broilers can be released from the coop 10-15 days earlier. The raw material cost for breeding insects is only 5%-25% of conventional feed, making it an effective way to increase the efficiency of chicken farming. Now introduced as follows:
1. Thin gruel insect breeding method. Choose 3 small plots of land and splash thin gruel on the ground. Cover well with grass, etc., and take care to prevent rain and water soaking. After 2 days, small insects will appear. Let the chickens eat the insects in turn, and this can meet the chickens' need for protein feed.
2. Rice straw insect breeding method. Dig a rectangular soil pit 0.6 m wide and 0.3 m deep, cut rice straw into 6-7 cm long sections, boil in water for 1-2 hours, scoop out and pour into the pit, cover the top with 6-7 cm thick sludge (ditch mud or pond mud, etc., the same below), garbage, etc., compact the sludge, and pour 1 basin of rice-washing water every day. After about 8 days, insects will appear. Turn it over and let the chickens peck it clean, then cover it again with sludge, etc., pour rice-washing water, and insects can continue to breed.
3. Soybean cake insect breeding method. Crush a small amount of soybean cake (or peanut bran, etc.), ferment it together with tofu residue, then mix with blighted grain and leaves, place in a 20-30 cm deep soil pit, cover the top with a layer of thin sludge, cover tightly with grass, etc., and after 6-7 days insects will appear.
4. Tofu residue insect breeding method. Pour 1-2 kg of tofu residue into a vat, pour in rice-washing water, cover the vat opening, and after 5-6 days insects will appear; after another 3-4 days, the maggots can be eaten by chickens. Using 6 vats in rotation for insect breeding can meet the needs of 50 chickens.
5. Mixed insect breeding method. Dig a soil pit 0.5 m deep, spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom, spread a layer of sludge on the straw, and continue layer by layer until the pit is full, then water the pit every day. After more than 10 days, insects will appear.
6. Rotting grass insect breeding method. In relatively fertile land, dig a soil pit 1.5 m wide, 1.8 m long, and 0.5 m deep, spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom, spread a layer of tofu residue on it, then cover with a layer of cow dung, and cover the dung with a layer of sludge. Continue layer by layer until the pit is full, and finally cover with a layer of grass. After about 1 week, insects will appear.
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7. Cow dung insect breeding method. Add 10% rice bran and 5% wheat bran (or 0.1% wine cake powder) to cow dung, mix well, pile in a cool place, cover the top with weeds, straw, etc., seal with sludge, and after 20 days insects will appear.
8. Distiller's grains insect breeding method. Add 50 kg of tofu residue to 10 kg of distiller's grains, mix evenly and pile far away from houses, forming a steamed bun shape or rectangular shape. After 2-3 days insects will appear, and after 5-7 days the maggots can be pecked by chickens.
9. Horse dung insect breeding method. In a moist place, dig a soil pit 1-2 m long and 1-2 m wide and 0.3 m deep, spread a layer of chopped weeds on the bottom, spread a layer of horse dung on the grass, then sprinkle a layer of wheat bran on the dung. Continue layer by layer until the pit is full, cover the top layer with grass, water once a day, and insects will appear in 1 week.
10. Miscellaneous material insect breeding method. Mix fresh cow dung, weeds, miscellaneous dung, and other insect-prone raw materials with water into a paste, pile into a heap 1 m high, 1.5 m wide, and 3 m long, cover the top and surrounding sides with thin mud, then cover the top with grass to prevent drying out. After 7-15 days, insects will appear.
11. Wheat bran insect breeding method. In a courtyard corner, pile 2 heaps of wheat bran, paste them separately with grass mud (made by mixing chopped grass and thin mud), and after several days insects will appear. Let the chickens feed in turn; after they finish eating, gather the wheat bran, etc. into a heap again, paste with grass mud as before, and insects can breed again.
12. Pig manure fermentation insect breeding method. After 500 kg of pig manure is sun-dried to 70% dryness, add 20% fertile mud and 3% wheat bran or rice bran, mix well, pile up and seal tightly with plastic film for 7 days of fermentation; dig a soil pit 50 cm deep, spread the above fermented material evenly in the pit to a thickness of 30-40 cm, cover well with green grass, grass curtains, gunny bags, etc., keep moist, and after about 20 days, fly maggots, insects, earthworms, etc. will appear.
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1. Fresh grass insect breeding. Mix 80% fresh green grass and 20% fine sugar, add a small amount of water and cook, then scoop out and pour into a vat or pool. In hot weather, after 5-7 days, a large number of maggots can be bred.
2. Human excrement insect breeding. Dig a soil pit 17 cm deep on the ground, spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom, place human excrement on the straw, then cover with a grass curtain. Generally after 7 days, many insects will appear.
3. Cow dung insect breeding. Sun-dry and crush the dung, mix in a small amount of rice bran and wheat bran, then mix evenly with thin mud, and pile into a round heap about 100-170 cm in diameter and about 100 cm high. Cover tightly with a grass curtain or loose grass, pour sewage 1-2 times a day, and keep the inside of the heap half-dry and half-warm. In this way, after half a month, a large number of insects will grow. After they are eaten, pile it up again, and after 2-3 days many insects will grow again. Without changing the material, insects can be bred 3-4 times.
4. Chicken manure insect breeding. Fully mix fermented chicken manure with beer grains or soy sauce grains at a ratio of 4:1, spread flat on the ground, with a thickness not exceeding 17 cm and a water content of about 70%. Then place some rotten chives, stinky fish, and rotten shrimp on top. In this way, after a few days, many maggots will appear. In addition, rice straw, soybean residue, soybean cake, etc. can also be used to breed insects
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Insects are rich in nutrition, are what chickens love to eat most, and are the good feed chickens need most. Broilers grow quickly after eating them. The growth rate can be increased by 30%-100%, hens lay more eggs, and the egg production rate can reach as high as 95%-98%, with high benefits. From March to October every year, the weather is warm, insects reproduce quickly, and it is a great time for artificial breeding. The insect breeding method is simple, occupies little land, requires little investment, and produces quick results. It is a shortcut to developing animal protein feed and can indeed be a good way to become wealthy by raising chickens. There are many insect breeding methods, and places with conditions can make full use of them.
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Cow dung insect composting means collecting cow dung, adding some fermentation powder, then adding hot water and stirring thoroughly, covering the top with some chopped grass, then pasting with thin mud, piling in a cool place, and after about 20 days, many insects can grow inside, which can then be dug out to feed chickens.
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If many chickens are raised, the mixed insect composting method can be used: first dig a ditch on the ground, with no limit on length and width, and the ditch depth should not exceed one meter, for ease of taking and using. First spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom of the ditch, then a layer of cow dung, a layer of rice bran, and then another layer of bedding grass and cow dung, alternating layer by layer until the ditch is full. After spreading, water once a day. Generally after more than ten days, the rice straw and cow dung begin to rot, and a large number of insects are produced. When feeding chickens, the chickens can be put in turn to eat the insects. After eating for 15-20 minutes, put in the second batch of chickens and the third batch of chickens... Feeding once a day can meet the chickens' actual need for protein nutrition.
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For breeding earthworms, garbage, livestock and poultry manure, weeds and leaves, etc. can all be used as earthworm feed. Earthworms are hermaphroditic egg-laying animals that reproduce through cross-fertilization. They reproduce quickly, laying eggs 3-4 times a year, and one earthworm reproduces an average of more than 50-150 earthworms. Good varieties can reproduce 1000 times in a year. The method is to dig a ditch 1 m wide and 0.7 m deep on the ground; depending on need, the ditch can be long or short. The bedding in the ditch is divided into 6 layers: the bottom layer is 20 cm of black soil, the second layer is 13 cm of horse dung, the third layer is 10 cm of soil, and it is even better if some rice bran can be added, the fourth layer is 20 cm of dead grass and rotten leaves, the fifth layer is another 10 cm of soil, and the top layer is 13 cm of horse dung. After bedding, depending on how many chickens are raised, several hundred large earthworms can be put in. Add weeds and rotten leaves once a month. Usually keep the ditch moist; water when too dry. After two months, earthworms can first be dug out from one end to feed chickens, digging while feeding. When the other end is reached, the end dug first has already reproduced again, so chickens can be fed by digging in turn. However, they must not be fed raw; cook them before feeding to avoid chickens getting parasitic diseases.
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Breeding fly maggots. Fly maggots are rich in 59.9%-63% crude protein and 12.6 crude fat, and contain several amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, and various vitamins essential to chickens.
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Culture method for fly maggots: In a remote corner of the chicken farm, dig a pit or place several large vats, and put in some thin manure or distiller's grains residue or rotten melons and vegetables (but do not put dead pigs, chickens, or other animal meat, to avoid spreading disease). When the weather gets hot, it will attract many flies to lay eggs and produce maggots. After the fly maggots grow up, they can be scooped out with a silk net, rinsed clean with clear water, then killed with boiling water and fed to chickens. Each square meter produces about 6.5 kg of fresh maggots. As long as you persist in promptly scooping maggots every day to feed chickens, there will not be many extra flies.
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Using high-protein live feed such as maggots and earthworms to raise chickens, broilers can be released from the coop 10-15 days earlier. The raw material cost for breeding insects is only 5%-25% of conventional feed, making it an effective way to increase the efficiency of chicken farming. Now introduced as follows:
1. Thin gruel insect breeding method. Choose 3 small plots of land and splash thin gruel on the ground. Cover well with grass, etc., and take care to prevent rain and water soaking. After 2 days, small insects will appear. Let the chickens eat the insects in turn, and this can meet the chickens' need for protein feed.
2. Rice straw insect breeding method. Dig a rectangular soil pit 0.6 m wide and 0.3 m deep, cut rice straw into 6-7 cm long sections, boil in water for 1-2 hours, scoop out and pour into the pit, cover the top with 6-7 cm thick sludge (ditch mud or pond mud, etc., the same below), garbage, etc., compact the sludge, and pour 1 basin of rice-washing water every day. After about 8 days, insects will appear. Turn it over and let the chickens peck it clean, then cover it again with sludge, etc., pour rice-washing water, and insects can continue to breed.
3. Soybean cake insect breeding method. Crush a small amount of soybean cake (or peanut bran, etc.), ferment it together with tofu residue, then mix with blighted grain and leaves, place in a 20-30 cm deep soil pit, cover the top with a layer of thin sludge, cover tightly with grass, etc., and after 6-7 days insects will appear.
4. Tofu residue insect breeding method. Pour 1-2 kg of tofu residue into a vat, pour in rice-washing water, cover the vat opening, and after 5-6 days insects will appear; after another 3-4 days, the maggots can be eaten by chickens. Using 6 vats in rotation for insect breeding can meet the needs of 50 chickens.
5. Mixed insect breeding method. Dig a soil pit 0.5 m deep, spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom, spread a layer of sludge on the straw, and continue layer by layer until the pit is full, then water the pit every day. After more than 10 days, insects will appear.
6. Rotting grass insect breeding method. In relatively fertile land, dig a soil pit 1.5 m wide, 1.8 m long, and 0.5 m deep, spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom, spread a layer of tofu residue on it, then cover with a layer of cow dung, and cover the dung with a layer of sludge. Continue layer by layer until the pit is full, and finally cover with a layer of grass. After about 1 week, insects will appear.
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7. Cow dung insect breeding method. Add 10% rice bran and 5% wheat bran (or 0.1% wine cake powder) to cow dung, mix well, pile in a cool place, cover the top with weeds, straw, etc., seal with sludge, and after 20 days insects will appear.
8. Distiller's grains insect breeding method. Add 50 kg of tofu residue to 10 kg of distiller's grains, mix evenly and pile far away from houses, forming a steamed bun shape or rectangular shape. After 2-3 days insects will appear, and after 5-7 days the maggots can be pecked by chickens.
9. Horse dung insect breeding method. In a moist place, dig a soil pit 1-2 m long and 1-2 m wide and 0.3 m deep, spread a layer of chopped weeds on the bottom, spread a layer of horse dung on the grass, then sprinkle a layer of wheat bran on the dung. Continue layer by layer until the pit is full, cover the top layer with grass, water once a day, and insects will appear in 1 week.
10. Miscellaneous material insect breeding method. Mix fresh cow dung, weeds, miscellaneous dung, and other insect-prone raw materials with water into a paste, pile into a heap 1 m high, 1.5 m wide, and 3 m long, cover the top and surrounding sides with thin mud, then cover the top with grass to prevent drying out. After 7-15 days, insects will appear.
11. Wheat bran insect breeding method. In a courtyard corner, pile 2 heaps of wheat bran, paste them separately with grass mud (made by mixing chopped grass and thin mud), and after several days insects will appear. Let the chickens feed in turn; after they finish eating, gather the wheat bran, etc. into a heap again, paste with grass mud as before, and insects can breed again.
12. Pig manure fermentation insect breeding method. After 500 kg of pig manure is sun-dried to 70% dryness, add 20% fertile mud and 3% wheat bran or rice bran, mix well, pile up and seal tightly with plastic film for 7 days of fermentation; dig a soil pit 50 cm deep, spread the above fermented material evenly in the pit to a thickness of 30-40 cm, cover well with green grass, grass curtains, gunny bags, etc., keep moist, and after about 20 days, fly maggots, insects, earthworms, etc. will appear.
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1. Fresh grass insect breeding. Mix 80% fresh green grass and 20% fine sugar, add a small amount of water and cook, then scoop out and pour into a vat or pool. In hot weather, after 5-7 days, a large number of maggots can be bred.
2. Human excrement insect breeding. Dig a soil pit 17 cm deep on the ground, spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom, place human excrement on the straw, then cover with a grass curtain. Generally after 7 days, many insects will appear.
3. Cow dung insect breeding. Sun-dry and crush the dung, mix in a small amount of rice bran and wheat bran, then mix evenly with thin mud, and pile into a round heap about 100-170 cm in diameter and about 100 cm high. Cover tightly with a grass curtain or loose grass, pour sewage 1-2 times a day, and keep the inside of the heap half-dry and half-warm. In this way, after half a month, a large number of insects will grow. After they are eaten, pile it up again, and after 2-3 days many insects will grow again. Without changing the material, insects can be bred 3-4 times.
4. Chicken manure insect breeding. Fully mix fermented chicken manure with beer grains or soy sauce grains at a ratio of 4:1, spread flat on the ground, with a thickness not exceeding 17 cm and a water content of about 70%. Then place some rotten chives, stinky fish, and rotten shrimp on top. In this way, after a few days, many maggots will appear. In addition, rice straw, soybean residue, soybean cake, etc. can also be used to breed insects
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Insects are rich in nutrition, are what chickens love to eat most, and are the good feed chickens need most. Broilers grow quickly after eating them. The growth rate can be increased by 30%-100%, hens lay more eggs, and the egg production rate can reach as high as 95%-98%, with high benefits. From March to October every year, the weather is warm, insects reproduce quickly, and it is a great time for artificial breeding. The insect breeding method is simple, occupies little land, requires little investment, and produces quick results. It is a shortcut to developing animal protein feed and can indeed be a good way to become wealthy by raising chickens. There are many insect breeding methods, and places with conditions can make full use of them.
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Cow dung insect composting means collecting cow dung, adding some fermentation powder, then adding hot water and stirring thoroughly, covering the top with some chopped grass, then pasting with thin mud, piling in a cool place, and after about 20 days, many insects can grow inside, which can then be dug out to feed chickens.
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If many chickens are raised, the mixed insect composting method can be used: first dig a ditch on the ground, with no limit on length and width, and the ditch depth should not exceed one meter, for ease of taking and using. First spread a layer of rice straw on the bottom of the ditch, then a layer of cow dung, a layer of rice bran, and then another layer of bedding grass and cow dung, alternating layer by layer until the ditch is full. After spreading, water once a day. Generally after more than ten days, the rice straw and cow dung begin to rot, and a large number of insects are produced. When feeding chickens, the chickens can be put in turn to eat the insects. After eating for 15-20 minutes, put in the second batch of chickens and the third batch of chickens... Feeding once a day can meet the chickens' actual need for protein nutrition.
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For breeding earthworms, garbage, livestock and poultry manure, weeds and leaves, etc. can all be used as earthworm feed. Earthworms are hermaphroditic egg-laying animals that reproduce through cross-fertilization. They reproduce quickly, laying eggs 3-4 times a year, and one earthworm reproduces an average of more than 50-150 earthworms. Good varieties can reproduce 1000 times in a year. The method is to dig a ditch 1 m wide and 0.7 m deep on the ground; depending on need, the ditch can be long or short. The bedding in the ditch is divided into 6 layers: the bottom layer is 20 cm of black soil, the second layer is 13 cm of horse dung, the third layer is 10 cm of soil, and it is even better if some rice bran can be added, the fourth layer is 20 cm of dead grass and rotten leaves, the fifth layer is another 10 cm of soil, and the top layer is 13 cm of horse dung. After bedding, depending on how many chickens are raised, several hundred large earthworms can be put in. Add weeds and rotten leaves once a month. Usually keep the ditch moist; water when too dry. After two months, earthworms can first be dug out from one end to feed chickens, digging while feeding. When the other end is reached, the end dug first has already reproduced again, so chickens can be fed by digging in turn. However, they must not be fed raw; cook them before feeding to avoid chickens getting parasitic diseases.
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Breeding fly maggots. Fly maggots are rich in 59.9%-63% crude protein and 12.6 crude fat, and contain several amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, and various vitamins essential to chickens.
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Culture method for fly maggots: In a remote corner of the chicken farm, dig a pit or place several large vats, and put in some thin manure or distiller's grains residue or rotten melons and vegetables (but do not put dead pigs, chickens, or other animal meat, to avoid spreading disease). When the weather gets hot, it will attract many flies to lay eggs and produce maggots. After the fly maggots grow up, they can be scooped out with a silk net, rinsed clean with clear water, then killed with boiling water and fed to chickens. Each square meter produces about 6.5 kg of fresh maggots. As long as you persist in promptly scooping maggots every day to feed chickens, there will not be many extra flies.