Im hugely disappointed with my attempts at raising silkworms.
My first batch of 500 eggs from Coastal hatched...almost every egg. I ended up with 40 survivors and after two months even some of these are small.
I exchanged some emails with the owner of Coastal about the raising. Made changes(cooking food longer so not as mushy so it could be grated, no cover whatsoever after hatching). A week after hatching it appears I have 2 tiny survivors.
Anyone out there that has great success that can give some things they have learned that lead to low mortality rate?
Temperature range?
humidity range?
times of day feeding(particularly right after hatching)?
is the grate size very important?
grate the food where?
size of tub?
anything on bottom of tub?
what size mesh and when to put in?
anything...
My first batch of 500 eggs from Coastal hatched...almost every egg. I ended up with 40 survivors and after two months even some of these are small.
I exchanged some emails with the owner of Coastal about the raising. Made changes(cooking food longer so not as mushy so it could be grated, no cover whatsoever after hatching). A week after hatching it appears I have 2 tiny survivors.
Anyone out there that has great success that can give some things they have learned that lead to low mortality rate?
Temperature range?
humidity range?
times of day feeding(particularly right after hatching)?
is the grate size very important?
grate the food where?
size of tub?
anything on bottom of tub?
what size mesh and when to put in?
anything...