24 February 2016 Soil preparation for hatching cups
Snails prefer fresh soil as the substrate for laying eggs, which means that we should replace the soil every day, during cleaning of reproduction tables and during feeding. […]
Snails prefer fresh soil as the substrate for laying eggs, which means that we should replace the soil every day, during cleaning of reproduction tables and during feeding. […]
This is an example tray with egg cocoons ready for hatching. […]
Following basic rules of zoohygiene, we can avoid parasites, roundworms, mites, Salmonella bacteria. […]
Initially after their awakening, the reproducing snails show an increased drive to breed. It is just enough for them to feed, replenish fluids lost during hibernation and feel the soil in the placed hatching pods. Feeding snails with carrots guarantees that eggs will be laid at a consistently high rate. The best results are achieved […]
The age of snails is calculated from the first feeding (about 7 days after hatching). Copulation takes place when the snails mature (appearance of the birth canal orifice on the right side of the snail’s head). Mature snails are called reproducing specimens. […]
Snails in Poland: Snails, and escargot (Burgundy snail) in particular, are considered to have been well settled in Poland already in the Middle Ages. […]
If you have all the ingredients available, you can try and prepare the feedstock yourself. An example mix for snails, staying in a farming park, with access to plants and soil : 2.6 kg of soy beans or meal 3.4 kg of corn (maize) should be ground to flour 2 kg of wheat these ingredients […]
One starts with buying several dozens of small snails, multiplying them or rather leaving the snails to do so themselves, then one just sells them and reaps the profit… but no, there could be nothing more wrong than this! […]
Snails are one of the first animals consumed by humans. This is proven by large numbers of shells or shell parts found in excavations indicating that already primitive, pre-historic people used to eat snails. However, the Romans were the first gourmands who discovered taste and health benefits of snails. They ate the snails also because […]
Helix aspersa Maxima farming snail is a representative of the Helicidae family. It is known as the African snail, or large grey snail – Gros-Gris. It was brought to France from North Africa. […]