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So my chickens are passing away sadly, and although they were great I'm interested in getting into meat birds so I don't have to get too attatched. I figured coturnix quail would be a good starting point, good meat, relatively easy maintenence, and good eggs! I'll probably just recycle my...

Quote: For new queens and small colonies, I typically house them in test tube setups. It simply requires some glass (Or plastic, glass doesn't scratch and dirty as easy though) test tubes, cotton balls, and clean water. Here's a crude diagram - ( water /cotton/ space to house...

Yay! Carpenter ant queens!

Have been catching tons of queens lately.

Quote: Blech. Worst insect on the world! Smelly, noisy, jumpy, and a low protein percent.

Quote: They're not very common where I live. In fact, my yard is pretty devoid of bugs. Some have asked me why not raise you regular run of the mill roaches, but of course, that's a stupid idea. If one escaped I'd be infested. If one of these escaped, it would be dead in a week.

Quote: This reply is a bit late, but I have the answer to your question. Generally, you can keep as much roaches you can in a single enclosure until you see signs of cannibilism/stress. Sings of this are - eaten/clipped antennae, chewed wings, eating the recently molted, eaten/dropped egg...

Quote: That's what I was gonna say, especially if they were raw. You should be OK as long as there wasn't too much, or a particular chicken ate more.

I split off one of my colonies several months ago, about 600. Since then they have reproduced to over 4,000. I got so many I wish I could sell them, but that's not an option where I live. (Keep in mind if you live in Florida you can't have dubias shipped too you) I harvest several dozen males to...

Meh, I like everything, insects included. I love spiders and handle them all the time as long as they aren't aggressive!

He stayed home alone today for a couple hours and ate his own food fine, though I still need too teach him how to drink water out of puddles and dishes. Here's the little guy, he's starting to fill out and can fly just about anywhere, although he's still clumsy. Once he's good at eating and...

Quote: OH yes, it's my new hobby. This little one also has quite taste for mashed roaches, delicious eh?

Quote: Ahhhh that makes sense, there's plenty of those around here. I guess with it's tuft torn off it wasn't as recognizable for me. Though now that you mentioned it I do very well see it. I wonder what happened to it's parents? Because the day it was out there were plenty of titmouse...

It sure does look like a little old man, doesnt it?

My chickens, of course being oppurtunistic, tried to rip apart a small chick (fledgling?) who left it's nest. Luckily I was out there, and heard the shrill screams, and rescued the poor thing. It lost a clump of feathers from it's head, but it is fine otherwise. I left it out in the yard for a...

There aren't many insects that can escape the chickens. Like bees and wasps, mine don't eat them, but they always seem to kill them, toss them around, and get bord and leave. Practicing bug hunting skills? lol

Funny, cause I try to wrangle any snake I come across in the yard, lol. Guess it's all those animal planet shows working in my mind. Usually the black racers and rat snakes are easy to grab, except when they spray musk on you! I've never seen many poisonous snakes here, other than the...

Quote: Cool article!!!! Catch them instead of grow them. But for the record I don't raise germanic roaches that infest the house. I raise large b. dupia S. American roaches, they don't climb, or fly, and can't survive cool temps let alone cold. We are in zone 7b, but I have never noticed or...

Yes, they will. I've been trying to breed these for my reptiles. Mine loved the moths but it took them some time getting used to the extra juicy worms.