More power to you and God Bless! Thank you for the Philanthropic effort for making the farm and videotaping them and publishing. You said "thanks for watching" You are wrong, WE THANK YOU for the effort and being selfless and helping a lot of people. Thank you and God Bless!
@ezekielshija92513 жыл бұрын
You are so blessed Ram
@justinwithrow36165 жыл бұрын
While watching this on my computer desk, about half way through the video I look behind me to see all 15 of my chickens staring in the window fervently...
@brianandlynphilippines5 жыл бұрын
I read "children" at first, had to do a double take on that number!
@inlovewithhumans4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahaha
@RockingtheBody3 жыл бұрын
haha
@jedone113 жыл бұрын
ahaha so funny :-)
@kevreilly7 Жыл бұрын
Licking their cops. Lol
@areyouentertained29445 жыл бұрын
So, essentially you are The Lord Of The Flies!
@setserc5 жыл бұрын
Nice work. It looks like your operation has grown since I was there a Couple of years ago. I need to get some flies going again for my inner city chicks. It’s basically free food, super high in protein, and easy to grow. I don’t have any indoor areas to keep them growing year round. Thanks for continuing to post videos. The information is always appreciated.
@rellewilson78145 жыл бұрын
Oh my god that room would be disneyworld for my dragons lol
@Zuhri93 жыл бұрын
when you go to DisneyWorld, do you eat a lot?
@omniXenderman5 жыл бұрын
Dude you need to sell these to bait shops, pet stores, reptile wholesalers, also dry them out and grind them into powder and sell insect flour to aquaculture companies
@TimothyEdgin5 жыл бұрын
You could bring in a couple chickens to help you clean the floor of bugs and debri. And nothing wrong with letting some escape: they benefit the environment in many ways. Farming these is a no lose situation. This is the perfect insect to farm; coupled with worms you have a nice setup.
@NWRedworms5 жыл бұрын
The chickens are at the door every morning eating the flies on the floor.
@adddad97793 жыл бұрын
You have created the beginning of an excellent aquaponics system. Tilapia would help you with your overcrowding larvae issue. Tilapia poop would make great plant food...
@artbyrobot13 жыл бұрын
yup
@aminaomegbu26125 жыл бұрын
Very educative n quite encouraging for small scale organic farmers. Weldon. I suggest u regularly sort them according to size for quality sales presentation. It will also promote uniformity n quicker, robust pre- pupa stage production.
@Michael-vo3tk5 жыл бұрын
wonderful, thank you for this. you mentioned some points I've not heard elsewhere. very helpful, thank you.
@TimothyEdgin5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, you need to scale up as quickly as possible and try to get a contract with a feedlot. This will produce far better chicken and fish than corn alone (I think a mix would be perfect), and it can also enrich the local environment. I would even considering applying for a government grant to hire some full time people and get a dedicated building: Cargill might even be open to seed funding you, and if we can steer them to sustainable foods like this I am all for it. Insect numbers are plummeting and I do not see why every farm does not have at least a worm farm, beehive and robber fly farm.
@Biophotogenesis4 жыл бұрын
I'm starting a black soldier fly and worm bins but robber flies sound amazing. I can't seem to find any information about anyone farming them whatsoever though, or where to buy their larvae though. :(
@Padriom4 жыл бұрын
@@Biophotogenesis hey, i've found this article, it might help you out! Greetings from Brazil! www.eawag.ch/en/department/sandec/projects/mswm/black-soldier-fly-biowaste-processing/
@RockingtheBody3 жыл бұрын
Love these ideas
@TimothyEdgin3 жыл бұрын
@@Biophotogenesis You do not want robber flies around too much! Trust me on that.
@TimothyEdgin3 жыл бұрын
@@RockingtheBody Insects are key to our survival-can't go to space without them.
@tmo43305 жыл бұрын
I feed my soldier fly grubs to me fish. 2 acre pond full of bluegill and bass. Nearly 300 pounds of bluegill harvest this year.
@fredflintstone15473 жыл бұрын
you would experience a greater return if you got rid of the bass and introduced catfish to feed on the bream
@tmo43303 жыл бұрын
@@fredflintstone1547 Thanks, I do want to find ways to increase the pounds of fillets! Great comment!
@steph63372 жыл бұрын
You: "take these to the fly room" Me: "wait, what? This isn't the fly room" When you opened that door: 🤯
@jamesp23915 жыл бұрын
I bet the chickens would go crazy in there. They would clean up everything on the floor for sure.
@tonyhussey36104 жыл бұрын
James P I thought the same, if I had a favourite chicken I would let her clean up as a treat..
@orangefool15275 жыл бұрын
This video did not disappoint, he has truly been overrun.
@vincentbrown81823 жыл бұрын
You are awesome... resourceful... I'd personally come to help you... I'm pretty handy. 101st Airborne... Screaming Eagles Vet... I've used 5hrs watching Soldier fly harvesting... its a joy... I just learned today...its satisfying
@steveholloway61512 жыл бұрын
impressive, Pet Smart on meal worms was like 9.99 a small cup. i been growing my own for a while in small buckets for my chickens and fishing!
@BruceBrandt595 жыл бұрын
I found you after hearing about the flies on an Aquaponic video. Try advertising on aquaponic groups and pages.
@firewheelfarm70952 жыл бұрын
Have you thought of playing some Barry White in the love room? Might help them to get in the mood!
@josefaure84104 жыл бұрын
Hey! So the barley you use is coming from a brewery? and another question, what's inside the buckets underneath the egg laying blocks? Also, do you keep the mesh in those buckets because of the fruit flies?
@remarkpetrov15915 жыл бұрын
Super! This is best video about BSF (step-by-step)
@Parasuniversal5 жыл бұрын
Remark Petrov you may like this too www.parasuniversal.com/2018/07/black-soldier-fly-vertifarm-setup-and-with-jacob-of-sixlegs-farm-includes-up-close-video-of-inspecting-feeding-egg-laying-more/
@GarrettXHolder3 жыл бұрын
Make a big solar dehydrator and store the dried larvae for chicken/fish feed. Since you asked for suggestions lol
@mikesbeardeds64625 жыл бұрын
Dang what I would give for one of those trays.......my beardeds would be in heaven!
@Tara-sf7uu4 жыл бұрын
Same here lol
@karenwilliams96174 жыл бұрын
Ditto
@jennifercline68664 жыл бұрын
So would my hedgehog, but she's not as interested once they hit the final pupae stage.
@rebeccaallsteadt45055 жыл бұрын
Wow good video. I am half way threw watching and wondering what are u feeding them. I would be baking them til crispy and bagging those things up lol. I want to do this in Alaska for to store up for my pigs, chickens, fish, and quail. I'm so impressed 😊
@adisbern Жыл бұрын
Tip for selling them. Look for the nearest Pet Store near you. They are awesome feeds for reptiles and other farm animals.
@deadpresident78 Жыл бұрын
i agree with another poster(s) that a good chicken our two will keep the floor clean. lol
@magician20205 жыл бұрын
Have you considered using an LED light instead of a fluorescent light? The LED lights would not generate heat and help keep the humidity up.
@beebop9808 Жыл бұрын
They will produce a little less heat by using less power and they don't radiate heat from the front but they do generate heat from the back. There's no escaping heat when power is consumed.
@missparadise8796 ай бұрын
They like heat so that may be counterintuitive.
@QuiChiYang23 жыл бұрын
OMG, you are da Lord of da BSF. Dude you are rich. You have a full fledged business. Just streamline & tidy up a bit & you can make money sustaining 7 nearby organic poultry, pig, quail, grouse farms. Local waste management sites maintaining food waste. Restaurants will love this system. You SHOULD GET GOVERNMENT MONEY to scale this system UP!
@martianusharijadi67475 жыл бұрын
What media do the black soldier fly larva feed use?
@charlconradie9032 Жыл бұрын
Hi, I have to say thank you for this info. I learnt more about BSF farming from you than the previous 50 videos I watched. I am truly grateful, because I am a start-up commercial BSF farmer and I am struggling a bit. I want to ask you: in what form do you feed barley? To all the disrespectful people who failed to read the notice about keeping comments respectful: if you have nothing better to do than insult people striving to do something honest and good... fuck off
@NWRedworms Жыл бұрын
the barley is ground and soaked (i.e. spent from a brewery)
@charlconradie9032 Жыл бұрын
@@NWRedworms Thanks, that is awesome!
@reneebrown29682 жыл бұрын
Being overrun with BSF larva is an easy fix. Keep chickens. You can transform larva into eggs and meat.
@Screamingpinesfarm5 жыл бұрын
Idea on selling maybe a package deal of 100,000 young larvae plus how to book and a bin to get started or something like that. would like to raise/grow black soldier flys for feeding but live in north central MN but as you know they do not like the cold.tried and failed with red wigglers, did ok with mealworms and had the gaint mealworms pupa turn in to breeder flys however the meal worms are very slow at turn around time.
@erikiacopelli4515 жыл бұрын
ppl that do ice fishing would REALLY love to get a ton of them from you
@NWRedworms5 жыл бұрын
www.northwestredworms.com/all?category=Insects
@logicmonkey10344 жыл бұрын
I'm just starting out, I need to build a screen box to keep my flies in one place so they will breed and lay rather than fly off and hardly any return to lay eggs in my tote. Each night I dump about 20 ready larva but only get 1-4 egg lays a week. Stagnated
@rochrich12235 жыл бұрын
I've seen some videos of bees over wintering inside a shed. The CO2 levels have to be managed in order to avoid it getting too dangerous(for humans). Have you ever measured the CO2 in your operation?
@highwaytoquail7542 жыл бұрын
Throw a few big leaf plants in there and CO2 should be a non issue.
@LatinDanceVideos2 жыл бұрын
A little ventilation would make the co2 a non issue. Good point tho as it is an unexpected issue
@tomquintero75832 жыл бұрын
Very cool thanks for sharing!
@roncote11475 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for all the information.
@hawaii84614 жыл бұрын
Great operation, but the title of the video doesn’t match the content. There are no specifics on how to!!!
@gelif11324 жыл бұрын
what kind of lightning you use for the breeding room? and many hours you turn on the light?thank you
@moondazed54517 ай бұрын
Do you feed them anything else besides barley? I'm curious how you separate them from the barley.
@lynnhowdeshell26414 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the information. I have been following you for about 10 years and made the bin that you did a long time ago. It worked great for me. I keep growing BSF and am working on getting them going again this year. I want to make the egg laying boards as I think it will work better that cardboard. Are you planning on doing a video of how to make them and where to get poplar wood? Thank you and keep of the good work. I do not remember what area of the US you are in.
@ricehair88073 жыл бұрын
10 years? Thats some dedication!!
@jlctv.65674 жыл бұрын
My chicken love it... Nice video!!
@themeeshies48104 жыл бұрын
How much compost/feed do you have to give them and how regular?
@bravetang85 жыл бұрын
Have you had any issues with wipeouts due to disease? Late July, I went from around 1 pound harvests per day to zero almost overnight and it has not improved ever since. New larvae were growing but they died before reaching maturity. No changes in food scrap composition, and I monitored temperature/humidity carefully.
@NWRedworms5 жыл бұрын
when I first started I would have see this in some of my bins, and I had to clean them out. I started keeping multiple bins to keep them newer/younger. It could be mites or mold, both can cause problems.
@tomquintero75832 жыл бұрын
Probably ventilation may help, it helped me with my super worm breeding a small fan blowing over them.
@quangga19935 жыл бұрын
Sorry Mr. Can you teach me about the light and humidity in your flying room ? how many hour light a day ? And thank for your video.
@CBDStoreCBD4 ай бұрын
How do you keep the tiny larvae from leaving the bin?
@giobelkoicenter4 жыл бұрын
What food they like?
@karenwilliams96174 жыл бұрын
Thinking just maybe. Use as a live heating pad. Removable panels that produce heat. I see lots of ways to use it kinda. My head is spinning.
@harrellt14054 жыл бұрын
How can they drink when they have no mouth
@VickiBrun Жыл бұрын
Are you feeding them wheat? I might have missed this part in the video what you are feeding them.
@peacetham837 ай бұрын
Do you have video on your harvesting the bsf eggs? How do you do it?
@ClintL635 жыл бұрын
like the idea, but dont think can deal with flies in me house! TOO MUCH!
@teresadavis9283 Жыл бұрын
Amazing! But I have a question: How do they drink water without a mouth? Or do they absorb the water through their skin?
@NWRedworms Жыл бұрын
I don't know, I spray the flies with a mist and it looks like they are drinking.
@highwaytoquail7542 жыл бұрын
Have you considered selling on Amazon or Etsy? There are sellers on there, and they get good money for their larva. I know cause I need to buy some and price is a factor indeed.
@RockingtheBody3 жыл бұрын
Holy Moly, yes let's market them!
@azyzykehinde5 жыл бұрын
Good job, may the lord bless you. please can you tell me the type of light you used. i have issue with lightning almost all flies in my farm dies before laying an egg. i will like you suggestion on what to do to let them lay eggs because i was impressed when i saw your video.
@jomon17205 жыл бұрын
Great job.
@davidgibson16384 жыл бұрын
How do you prep/soak your barley to get an acceptable moisture content? It doesn't seem to be a soggy mess and larvae don't appear to be able to crawl out but I'm assuming your bins aren't completely dry either. Thanks for sharing the videos and knowledge!!
@NWRedworms4 жыл бұрын
this is the way I get it from the brewery
@adisbern Жыл бұрын
Whats the size of those wood bricks used for the Eggs?
@dragowoo4 жыл бұрын
How do you prevent grain mites/fruit flies in your farms? I have been trying to start my own edible insect farms (mealworms, crickets, BSF) but i have problems with grain mites every single time! I live in a tropical country with average humidity around 70%. I've tried freezing and toasting the grains I feed them. I feel helpless no matter what I do and restart the grain mites infestations always come back!
@NWRedworms4 жыл бұрын
I get grain mites and they are tough to deal with. I have a dehumidifier running all the time in the larva area to keep them from spreading and I sift out the mites once I isolate the bins.
@FusionDeveloper3 жыл бұрын
Me too. I hate grain mites. They eat mealworm eggs. If you're not getting any babies, you probably have mites eating the eggs.
@pdiaz16204 жыл бұрын
You're awesome!!!
@ducpham4545 жыл бұрын
If you keep a closed room, what kind of temple do you use to mate?
@NWRedworms5 жыл бұрын
81 degrees
@peace4peaceful4 жыл бұрын
Cool vid.
@ashleiwilliams447 Жыл бұрын
How much would you charge? I'm looking at starting a colony.
@regissoulieres60004 жыл бұрын
what do you use as a substrate for your larvae? you do not seem to have any problem escaping larvae before it is mature. at my house he gets out of my bins in quantity every day. thank you
@FusionDeveloper3 жыл бұрын
He uses Used/spent barley grain from a brewery. However they can subsist on used coffee grounds.
@missparadise8796 ай бұрын
I was soooo ready to do this for my chicks. But after seeing this video I've wasted hours of my life learning about it cause there's no way in hell I'm working in rooms with them flying like that. Nope lol
@NWRedworms6 ай бұрын
That is why I developed this table top fly breeding tent. I use them to control the flies for a better output. insectsatlarge.com/allcategoryfarmproducts/insects/blacksoldierflybreedingtent
@kevreilly7 Жыл бұрын
Do you want to keep the flys around the bin as long as possible??? How do you keep the system going for as long as possible? I seem to get one good batch then have to keep waiting for more....
@NWRedworms Жыл бұрын
The flies only live for 8 days and can lay eggs for only 2-3 days. I have indoor tents to keep them around as long as possible.
@kevreilly7 Жыл бұрын
@@NWRedworms thx,,I just keep it covered as much as possible
@mdpsi-run5 жыл бұрын
Your army is grand Supreme
@firstone94805 жыл бұрын
lol yup
@johnjohnson88952 жыл бұрын
What are you feeding them?
@ripscuds44675 жыл бұрын
Looks like you should hire a marketing/salesman guru.
@ZE308AC2 жыл бұрын
Too much work for me I rather work with red wigglers, maggets, or other composting insects. Is there am easier way to keep soilder flys?Flys? I really hope he can scale up this soilder fly and breed a ton more of soilder flys.
@sisterlavender11882 жыл бұрын
Hi. Great video. Why do you put the adult flies in a separate room? Nvm. I guess it's bc of different light needs
@NWRedworms2 жыл бұрын
yes, light, temp and moisture.
@arifulhaque6314 жыл бұрын
what is the room temperature & humidity should keep always for black soldier flies also learves?
@Froginthesinkbro5 жыл бұрын
Why tf am I here I have a fear of larva iuweh I CANT IM FREAKING THE FUCK OUT
@Froginthesinkbro5 жыл бұрын
But still nice video gold star I hope you have a good day
@kennethhart39045 жыл бұрын
Are you freeze drying for market?
@lilinda9754 жыл бұрын
Sorry for using this space for a different question: How to get rid of BSF babies in my supposedly sealed compost bin? I live in a city apartment and has a tiny balcony. One of my compost bins has a little hole I didn't notice earlier, and before I know it, I saw the wiggling white little things in that compost bin...How can I get rid of them in a nice humane way? I just physically cannot bear the sight of them (no offense), I literally dropped my bin when I first notice them...
@lamebubblesflysohigh5 жыл бұрын
chameleon heaven
@inlovewithhumans4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@logicmonkey10344 жыл бұрын
do you ever let your chickens or w/e in to clean up the foor? x]
@embracinglife7777 ай бұрын
How much on a 100,000 and are you willing to do International shipping
@jimwilleford61405 жыл бұрын
These buggers just appeared and filled my smaller worm bin almost over night. What good are they to me? They ran my worms off.
@ifeanyinnabuife28455 жыл бұрын
my name is prince ifeanyi nnabuife emeka ,i just saw your video on you-tube on insect breeding, please this has been my dreamand i will like to be trained on that area of production of these insects, for food and livestock .to reduce unemployment and poverty in my country please how can you people be of help to me my dream and my people
@NWRedworms5 жыл бұрын
There are videos of larger operations in other countries where the whole community works together to collect waste grow larvae and harvest to sell. This could be really big.
@marcotattoo Жыл бұрын
Hello! whats the media that u are using for the babys, it looks like sawdust, what is it?! cheers ;)
@joethompson5432 жыл бұрын
You can grind them into feed. There’s another fly channel that shows this. Freeze dry them for feed I think some even dehydrate them into feed. Or start a chicken farm!
@reshmiborkakoti99733 жыл бұрын
How much food needed for 10grm eegs to complete the cycle upto prepupa stage?
@ayambangkok76014 жыл бұрын
ihh aluss pisan eyy tempatna..
@pplive-usachannel14682 жыл бұрын
what the food are you feed them? thank you so much
@heathergustafson42374 жыл бұрын
I’m with Prashanth
@CarlosRomero-mh8ed2 жыл бұрын
Desde que estadio se autocosechan o cosechan las larvas para que lleguen correctamente a pupa?..👍
@mehedyhasan77395 жыл бұрын
What the food list of black soldiers flies. Not the soldiers flies larvae... Kindly say me...
@gekwen2 жыл бұрын
Great Video. God Bless you. What is your Harvest of Larva Per Month?
@aa-wf8pm5 жыл бұрын
How long did it take you to grow it this big?
@NWRedworms5 жыл бұрын
I've been doing this for almost ten years with little changes that made it better. The project you see took 3 years and is working very well.
@adddad97794 жыл бұрын
If only you had an aquaponics set up.... Your tilapia would grow so fast with that much food...
@generbeduya89024 жыл бұрын
good day sir i watch your video about bsf cultivation what sabstrate you use as food for maggots as it looks dry im t0t0 from philipines thank u sir
@miller170132 жыл бұрын
I have one of the self harvesting bins however my larvae slowed down i believe due to temps an not having enough to keep the bin warm. So I currently have a small setup in my reptile room in the 80s but if I wanted to run them through the winter is the compostin smell from these bins to overwhelming to keep indoors or should I consider a way to move them into the garage an heat a small makeshift room for them there?
@NWRedworms2 жыл бұрын
keep them above 40 degrees and they will just hibernate till it's warm again.
@mrpowdercoater5 жыл бұрын
One idea is fish farms, there fish food is getting increasingly expensive. But for feeding yours don't we as a country have a problem disposing of pig blood? Could this be a solution?
@brianandlynphilippines5 жыл бұрын
and if you go down the KZbin rabbit hole on fish food, the parts of fish no one wants, you'll find fish food is incredibly unhealthy for the fish, us, and the environment.
5 жыл бұрын
Can you give me the detailed design of BSF automatic harvesting bin.
@NWRedworms5 жыл бұрын
Here is a link to my large bin design www.northwestredworms.com/all/black-soldier-fly-larvae-bin-instructions
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks @@NWRedworms
@tressieharzman8250 Жыл бұрын
Do you still grow these flies? The link you have is broken.