CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Which is more affordable, convenient and simple: raising mealworms or raising flies?

Bugs and chickens make the old farmer rich

At noon on August 14, in a chicken farm on a hillside in Taihua Town, Datian County, dark-skinned Chen Zhigua blew his whistle, and thousands of chickens gathered around him from all directions of the orchard, fighting for the plate of maggots in his hand. This nearly 20-mu orchard surrounded by a wall is the "Fujian Farmer Dad Breeding Base" that Chen Zhigua is proud of.

Chen Zhigua is a local

A physical education teacher at a middle school, he bought this orchard to raise pigs four years ago. Due to lack of experience and lack of understanding of the market situation, his pig farm had to close down at the beginning of last year, with a loss of more than 100,000 yuan. The loss of pig farming did not affect his persistence in the breeding industry. After a short period of adjustment, Chen Zhigua believed that raising chickens with insects had great prospects. He went to Jiangsu alone to learn fly breeding technology. After returning, he renovated the original pig house and opened an ecological chicken farm.

Because the chickens are fed with maggots, mealworms and coarse grains, and drink pure natural spring water, and the chickens are usually free-range in the orchard where they are allowed to run and dig for food, the chicken is lean, tender and not greasy, and is especially chewy. The eggs are large, and their taste and nutritional value exceed those of domestic eggs. Chen Zhigua's chicken farm was an instant hit.

At the end of last year, Chen Zhigua applied to the county industrial and commercial bureau to register the "Nongmin Laodie" trademark and was approved. After improving the infrastructure, his chicken farm was officially renamed "Fujian Nongmin Laodie Breeding Base". Subsequently, he established a personal website, which not only improved his breeding technology through exchanges with breeders from all over the country, but also made more people understand the "Nongmin Laodie" brand. Currently, many supermarkets and merchants in Beijing, Shandong, Xiamen and other places have requested to place large orders from him, and the packaged eggs are expected to enter supermarkets by the end of the year.

Products are in short supply, and Chen Zhigua is confident about future development. He said that many farmers in surrounding counties and cities have requested to learn technology at the base, and he is also preparing to organize training courses, taking the path of "company + farmers" to expand the scale of breeding and let "farmers" lead more people to get rich together. (Jiang Jiadi)

Actually, both are fine. I am from a mealworm breeding base. Your idea is very consistent with the current market. I advise you to raise mealworms because this is good, does not require any skills, and is clean.

Mealworms can be processed into dry feed! But flies cannot be processed, and a lot of immunization work needs to be done!