Simple steps
1st step get :
Get any plastic open container. Size should be according to quantity of maggots you want to make...
2nd step :
Get any substrate that are non smelly like Rice bran, wheat offal, pkc, maize shaft from akamu, cassava shaft .
These materials serves as bedding and substrate for the flies to lay their egg
3rd step :
Mix some quantity of water with sugar or molasses allow the mixture to stay for 24hours covering it in a cool dry place and
4th step:
Mix this water mixture with any substrate you have chosen till it forms a mesh don't water logg the substrate...
And leave the plastic containing the substrate in an isolated place so no much disturbance
5th step : after 3 days you will notice lots of flies around the plastic containing the substrate, but before then make sure daily you wet the mixture by sprinkling water to make the content so it remain in a mesh form
Note once the content is dry.. Flies will only eat from the substrate and not lay eggs..
This will cause the system to produce very little or no maggots
Step 6:
After 5 days you will notice lots of white clutches of materials at different part inside the mesh mixture
These are flies eggs
So at begging of day 6 .close up the open part of the plastic with a mosquito net so that nothing goes in OR out of the system.. But sprinkling of water daily is important
Step7:
Remember that the plastic should be kept in a cool place some level of shade like under a plantain or banana trees or any trees that form some level of shade.. To avoid direct sunlight heating up the system, could crash it
Step 8: harvesting can start from day 7 till day 12 depending on the size of fish or animal you want to feed them with
You can harvest by getting salt in warm water in a bucket
Usually maggot will stay under the layers of the substrate
So use a Parker to get out the first layer..
Then get the maggots with the substrate and pour them in a different container, containing warm water and salt
From day 6, you will start to notice lots of maggot formation though small in nature
To make them big you can sprinkle little bakers yeast ,it grows them faster
Though if you don't have the maggots will feed on the substrate
Step 9.:
Maggots will float up and the substrate will sink down you can use a sieve to separate the maggots from the water
Step 10: maggots can be fed live to animals like fish, poultry etc
Or they can be sun dried , grounded and mix with your feed formula remplacing costly soya there by reducing cost of your feed and steal having high quality feed at less cost
Live maggots are about 38 percent crude protein and dry maggots are 40 to 45 percent cost depending on which substrate you use
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