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Beginning A Small Scale Snail Farm - Agriculture - Nairaland w6t3y
Beginning A Small Scale Snail Farm (113568 Views)
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| Neduzze5(m): 10:03am On Jun 10, 2015 |
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Good morning Agriculturists, I've been moved by going through various researches both from this website and via Google to begin a snail farm. My snail farm is not really a farm as per say. It is just a bucket where the snail will be raised till maturity. To avoid the infestation of insects, ants and diseases, my snailery will be suspended in the air with ropes like a playground swing. Pictures will follow up later. 12 Likes 6 Shares |
| kingbasil: 10:15am On Jun 10, 2015 |
Neduzze5: How many snails are you starting off with? And what species are they? |
| Neduzze5(m): 10:32am On Jun 10, 2015 |
kingbasil: Now as I said earlier, this is small scale breeding in a paint bucket. I just picked them up from around my compound today and I'll still pick up more later at night and in my farm too. I don't know the species really but I think they are Achinata marginata. 1 Like |
| kingbasil: 10:44am On Jun 10, 2015 |
Neduzze5: Alright!!! Good luck then... 6 Likes |
| Neduzze5(m): 10:45am On Jun 10, 2015 |
kingbasil: Thank you. |
| Neduzze5(m): 8:12pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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Good evening all, Since today, I've been doing more of hunting for snails. But luckily, I've been able to get almost 60 snails in all mostly small snails. I set a trap for them with pawpaw. I've set my alarm for 10pm lemme see how many I can catch. It's a good thing they can't run fast  By tomorrow, I'll set them up properly. pictures will come in. Till then. Be safe!! 13 Likes 1 Share |
| Neduzze5(m): 9:23pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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9:18pm today. My trap is working 
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| Neduzze5(m): 9:49pm On Jun 10, 2015 |
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Spoils of war
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| Soloxam(m): 5:43am On Jun 11, 2015 |
Neduzze5:Hope you slept, or you were busy hunting your snail over night  Lol......
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| Neduzze5(m): 6:26am On Jun 12, 2015 |
Soloxam: Lolz... I slept ooh |
| Neduzze5(m): 6:26am On Jun 12, 2015 |
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Good morning house
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| nikaShow(m): 10:23am On Jun 12, 2015 |
Neduzze5: This one na 'mortal kombat' Great work though, starting agric from resources you have rather than always looking to spend, buy, buy is wise. I'm following this thread closely. 4 Likes |
| Neduzze5(m): 3:12pm On Jun 12, 2015 |
nikaShow: Lolz @ Mortal Kombat Thanks boss for the encouragement. It's better you start from the little you have. If the need be to purchase, then fine. There's a reason why they are called natural resources..... 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Neduzze5(m): 3:15pm On Jun 12, 2015 |
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Alright... I was supposed to move my new peeps to their permanent site yesterday but I was quite busy so I shifted it to today. I counted them today. In all, they are about 114! Just from my house alone! Beautiful number 15 Likes |
| Neduzze5(m): 3:18pm On Jun 12, 2015 |
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Rain fell today from morning till around 12pm and it the soil is currently wet so for now, they will remain in the bucket without soil until I can get drier soil
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| shangodele(m): 4:39pm On Jun 12, 2015 |
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what type of soil did u used 4 there housing,d soil composition?
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| Neduzze5(m): 5:06pm On Jun 12, 2015 |
shangodele: I'll be using loamy soil for them. The one gotten from my farm. I'll the pictures tomorrow when I'll put the soil. 2 Likes |
| Neduzze5(m): 2:56pm On Jun 14, 2015 |
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Happy Sunday to us all, So yesterday being Saturday, I was able to move my "boys" to their permanent site although I'm still planning and thinking of changing their new habitat to a more secure one. While searching for these snails, I saw some of their eggs in the ground and I'm happy to say that out of 7 eggs, one hatched yesterday. A bouncing new baby snail added to the family! I couldn't get the picture sha  They are all in the bucket. 8 Likes 3 Shares |
| Neduzze5(m): 2:57pm On Jun 14, 2015 |
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Here's the soil I used for their habitat I sieved and removed all sorts of impurities from them. 3 Likes |
| Neduzze5(m): 3:01pm On Jun 14, 2015 |
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My "boys" in their new home. I gave them ugu leaves, pawpaw leaves, pawpaw and water leaves yesterday to eat. On coming back this morning, I realized that they finished everything except the water leaves. Seems like they don't like it that much
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| freelife4all(m): 8:52pm On Jun 14, 2015 |
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That's good bro, nice work, but don't you think that the paint bucket is the small for that quantity(more that 100 snails). With that quantity in that small bucket there will be no space for the to move around, so i will advice you to prepare a more comfortable place for them. I started my own snail farm on the first of june, they are doing fine as well, although i fine it difficult to get most of the things they eat.
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| thymm50(m): 3:30pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
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I need the Achatina achatina species of snail. Where can I get it please. I just built an extension of my farm and I want to stock it with this specie. Heard they can lay up to 100 eggs in one batch, please anybody that has a link to a farmer that can supply me should please me
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| Neduzze5(m): 3:55pm On Jun 18, 2015 |
thymm50: I'm not sure what I have in my farm is Achatina Achatina and besides, I'm just starting out newly from locally sourced materials/snails so I wouldn't really have what you are looking for. |
| Neduzze5(m): 6:33am On Jun 19, 2015 |
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Snails are doing quite well. For now, I'm still feeding them vegetable (ugu) leaves. I'll buy watermelon and pawpaw for them today. 3 Likes |
| Neduzze5(m): 1:16pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
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Did a little search in my farm today and these are my spoils of war!
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| Neduzze5(m): 1:18pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
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I moved them to a new site today after a near drowning experience two days ago. The second white bucket is my hatchery. I have about 40 eggs in there. Countdown to 29 days 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Neduzze5(m): 1:20pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
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Inside their pen
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| Neduzze5(m): 1:23pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
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Pic 1 -My hatchery Pic 2 -Some eggs I covered them slightly with sand to avoid much heat. 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Neduzze5(m): 1:24pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
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My snailery from a far distance. The tree provides the needed cool for them 5 Likes |
| Neduzze5(m): 9:51pm On Jun 27, 2015 |
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@ kunlesufyan... I made a feeding timetable for my snails.... Quite funny 
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| kunlesufyan(m): 9:58pm On Jun 27, 2015 |
Neduzze5:Lol...this your snails don turn pets ooo...you go fit kill then so 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Neduzze5(m): 10:00pm On Jun 27, 2015 |
kunlesufyan: Lolz... I go employ people wey go kill them ooh
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