Silk Worm Breeding
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ladysilkworm
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Hey everyone i was thinking of trying to breed some silk worms and wanted to know if anyone knows how to do this and what would i need to do this any info will be great thanks
You can do a search on this forum. Lots of info there. Breeding them are very easy. I did it successful as a 10 yr old. Started with 8 one inchers and ended up with thousands in shoe box...
Silkyslim
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You can do a search on this forum. Lots of info there. Breeding them are very easy. I did it successful as a 10 yr old. Started with 8 one inchers and ended up with thousands in shoe box...
What a great motivational sentence. Really from 8 to 1k?! CHA CHING
RoBeRt542
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in a shoe box really wow thats cool so what exactly would i need to do this
ladysilkworm
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I had NO Idea that the author is lele.. we've had several email exchanges.
Yes, that is all very good info.
When I raised them at age 10, I really just used a shoebox. But that was back in Asia, everyone kid raised silkworms as pets and for school. I carried it every where I went, even when they were eggs. So, obviously I was very dedicated. As long as you are dedicated, they will reward you. It wasn't without trials and errors for me though. My first ones got carried away by ants, 2nd ones were thrown away accidentally by gramma. It was only my 3rd rearing that I was successful. It was a lot of fresh leaf picking and cleaning out frass..
Back to the article, in the case of chow, I put mine in a piping bag.. and I cut away the tip as I go. I don't waste any chow nor do I risk contaminating it that way
and lastly, yes I do breed silkworms now for extra income. My website features imported color mulberry chow that makes the silkworms PINK, PURPLE, and BLUE!
ladysilkworm
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oh, about the silkworms breathing through the spiracles on the sides, that is true, they can easily suffocate if overcrowded, burried in frass/food.. .. if there is humidity build up in your container, they can easily 'drown'. You don't see a lot of water, but with frass, silk, and moisture, they can become a tangled ball of mess.. suffocation by moisture.
AsiaKauffman
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I had NO Idea that the author is lele.. we've had several email exchanges.
Yes, that is all very good info.
When I raised them at age 10, I really just used a shoebox. But that was back in Asia, everyone kid raised silkworms as pets and for school. I carried it every where I went, even when they were eggs. So, obviously I was very dedicated. As long as you are dedicated, they will reward you. It wasn't without trials and errors for me though. My first ones got carried away by ants, 2nd ones were thrown away accidentally by gramma. It was only my 3rd rearing that I was successful. It was a lot of fresh leaf picking and cleaning out frass..
Back to the article, in the case of chow, I put mine in a piping bag.. and I cut away the tip as I go. I don't waste any chow nor do I risk contaminating it that way
and lastly, yes I do breed silkworms now for extra income. My website features imported color mulberry chow that makes the silkworms PINK, PURPLE, and BLUE!
What's your website,...Im excited to see the blue worms! I just bought my first batch of silkworms and I'm excited to use them more instead of crickets.
ladysilkworm
Established Member
just www.ladysilkworm.com! Special pricing for the color chow for this forum, only $5. It came straight from China and cannot be opened and resold.
Mr Wilson
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I have been thinking about doing this too. I just read the article, but there are really no specifics or "how-to's". We had our silkies in a container and were never able to get any of them to spin/cocoon. So I'd love to know, just like the OP, how exactly this is done. Certain temps, what to put into the container with them, lighting etc.
ladysilkworm
Established Member
hmm...there really is NO exact science to this method... what I do is no diff than what I did as a 10 yo.. instead of shoebox I use plastic container, with no cover. I pick out the mature worms and place them in my cocooning kit (you can see pictures on my website too) and everything gets even easier after that.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is the eggs.. depending on breed, you need to do something with them.. you can email me or go to my Fan Page when you get to that point.
Just raise the worms at 75 degree you will be fine. I currently place them in my laundry room where there is day light. I find that in cooler weather the silkmoths produce less eggs, and I only breed them so far, using leaves. They do die easier raised on chow though...
