What should we plant and sow in the field intended for snail farming? The biggest mistake is to sow grass in the field. Dense grass is even harmful to edible snails. Of course, if it grows during the season, we will not exterminate it by any means, but we should try and plant and sow […]

This is an example tray with egg cocoons ready for hatching. […]

Following basic rules of zoohygiene, we can avoid parasites, roundworms, mites, Salmonella bacteria. […]

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. […]

Helix aspersa Müller snail, also known as small grey snail or Petit-Gris, is very tasty and does not require any initial processing as it can be eaten whole, cooked in the shell, without the need to remove the stomach. […]