urban fly maggot farm for chickens

Link to my site: http://alejandroerickson.com/

Post production warning: IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS IN THE CITY MAKE A SMALLER VERSION OF IT! IT WILL SMELL ABSOLUTELY VILE WHEN OPENED. (nuff said ^_^)

WARNING NUMBER TWO: The site I got this project from reports that some chickens have died from Botulism. This method should be used WITH CAUTION.

I make a fly maggot farm as described on http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Feeding-Chickens-Maggots.html
I use a car shampoo bucket with holes drilled in it. I fill it with carrion and hang the contraption from a tree. Soon I will know if it works!

If it doesn't smell too bad I will be able to bring it to my the chicken house but for the moment the experiment is in my back yard.

See our chickens at http://cluck-cluck-cluck.blogspot.com

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[theeastwatch]

Dude why are there condoms in your compost pile.

ewww :)

-TEW

[lutherdriggers]

@theeastwatch hahaha gross. well spotted. they probably come from over the fence because there is a parking lot for an appartment building there, sorta hidden from view.

[ManicMindTrick]

The rubber thingy you made up, totally unnecessary...

Other then that, great video mate!

The smell has to be something out of this world :)

[lutherdriggers]

@ManicMindTrick the rubber was to prevent the tree from scarring when the bucket blows in the wind. it's also to please my landlord.

[Nebakaaaa]

Hang your white bucket over your chickens, without the bottom green container. As the maggots fall to the ground, the chickens would collect them.....

[lutherdriggers]

@Nebakaaaa yes of course, but the chickens weren't at my house... and the chicken people were chicken of my experiment ^^

[ryan753357]

Lol a fucking condom!!!!!

[thedannyk2010]

That looked like it was your first time mate

[BiohazardBunney]

D: gross.....bet the chickens were happy tho :P

[earlejeffhoward]

Aren't you worried about salmonella? From what I can learn fly maggots and flys can carry salmonella which then can be transmitted to the chickens. I would recommend Black Soldier Fly larvae which are not intermediate carriers of any known pathogens.

[MrMtnbuilder]

you really should try for BSF larvae, house fly maggots are know to carry disease and they stink in comparison .

[Jaxamundo]

Even better, seed this with black soldier fly larvae. They are a better food for the chickens (very high in calcium which laying birds need) and they don't turn into pest flies, aren't too picky about food, and produce chemicals that tell pest flies to keep away!

[NancyToday]

Awesome! I didn't think anyone (other than me) found value in maggots! Very cool

[alldjs]

Such a cool idea! You know Chickens also enjoy raw meat in their diet, gross but true.

David