Black Soldier Fly Composter / Automatic Chicken Feeder

“We have had much success harvesting Black Soldier Fly Larvae to feed our chickens, but we needed a new design.

After much thought, this is the design that we have come up with. We designed this unit with these things in mind:

  • large for plenty of compost
  • portable so we can move it
  • auto-feeds our chickens
  • easy to build and replicate
  • made from common materials

This composter can turn everyday food and garden waste in to a nutritious food source for chickens and rich compost. We simply place the food scraps in the barrel and the Black Soldier Fly (or BSF) larvae does the rest…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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