I will receive my first shipment of black soldier flies this week. I have been researching them and think they will make a good addition to my
chicken feed and help offset the cost of store bought feed.
I realize they eat just about anything from dog/cat/human manure, all table scraps, meat, and
dairy. I think I could produce about 1 or 2 lbs of table scraps per day which would give me a small but continuous source of BSF larvae.
If I want to start offsetting my
chicken feed cost I will need to produce a lot more BSFL. I won't be able to do that on my current table scrap production. I was wondering if anyone has successfully fed their BSF edible weeds. I am thinking wild carrots, burdock
roots, burdock leaves, rhubarb leaves,
wood land sunflowers, squash vines, amaranth leaves, and other green items. All info I read says not to feed them grass because it is hard to digest. I am inclined to think that anything a human would eat a BSFL would eat so all the
wild edibles that aren't super tasty would be good feed for the BSFL.
Anyone have any
experience with growing or making food for BSFL to increase BSF production? I don't want to harvest pig manure or dig through the landfill like the large BSFL factories.
Thanks for any insight.
Anthony
I also realize I live in MN where they will not make it through the winter. That is another problem in itself that I will try and address also.