Worm Man's Worm Farm

Do you raise chickens?  Are you looking to lower your food bill while also providing top quality food for your poultry flock?   Do you have a pile of chicken manure that you don’t know what to do with?  I have the solution and it’s called the Soldier Grub.

Soldier Grubs are the larvae of the Black Soldier Fly.  They adult is a wasp-looking thing that does not sting but does looks scary at first sight. The are a purplish black and naturally inhabit many states in the U.S. but are in abundance in the South East.

Soldier Grubs are great composting creatures.  If you have enough of them they will devour all of the food you provide for them. They are fond of Human food scraps just like compost worms or Red Worms but they also do something that regular composting worms don’t and can’t do; The can eat chicken manure while it is still fresh.  Soldier Grubs will turn that fresh chicken manure, which is usually a problem for many people who have a flock of chickens.  The manure smells, attracts flies and needs to sit for a while prior to being used in gardening.

Soldier Grubs will eat that manure and turn it into usable castings in a matter of days not months.  The larvae crowd out other larvae like that of flies which can be a nuisance.  The Black Soldier Flies will emerge and fly off but not before laying more eggs in fresh manure to keep the cycle going.  They do not carry any disease dangerous to Humans that we know of so they are not disease vectors like flies are.

Now for the best part…Soldier Grubs can be fed back to the chickens and they will thrive on them.  Soldier Grubs contain protein and calcium and other vitamins and minerals that chickens needs to stay healthy and make eggs.

So now you get the full picture.  Soldier Grubs will eat chicken manure turning it into garden fertilizer and then  you can feed the larvae to the chickens to supplement food costs and to provide much needed nutrients and calcium.

We haven’t found  a downside yet.

You can get Soldier Grubs at Wormman.com, SoldierGrubs.com or other participating retailers.