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Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 9:46am On Jun 28, 2014
'what is dead may never die again'. Data loss indeed.
God save us all from evil plotters seeking to always setback their neighbor.

Welcome back!
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 11:07am On Jul 15, 2014
Baby fulicas still available. Fresh from a free range farm.
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 8:34am On Sep 05, 2014
We're still here.
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by oluwafranky: 12:06pm On Sep 11, 2014
loving this thread
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 9:34am On Sep 12, 2014
oluwafranky: loving this thread
Good to know. Thanks.
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by mokeju(f): 10:23am On Oct 23, 2014
@ Afrocatalyst.

I'll like to visit your snailery.

Where is it located?
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 6:31pm On Feb 06, 2015
Please don't accept to do anything apart from free range in snail farming. If you have a minimum of a standard plot (120 by 60), you can set up a free range system that yield at least 50,000 snails every cycle. Contact me for your farm set up/management trainings.
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by mokeju(f): 9:35am On Mar 04, 2015
Dear Afrocatalyst,

Please Can i have your email or Phone number?
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 2:42pm On Mar 04, 2015
mokeju:
Dear Afrocatalyst,

Please Can i have your email or Phone number?


08073122596.
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by africanman85: 8:15pm On Apr 17, 2015
I am interested in snail farming large quantity. I live in Abia state. If you have any video on setting up the pen, email me on okoroisrael522@gmail.com @Afrocatalyst
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 6:29am On Apr 18, 2015
africanman85:
I am interested in snail farming large quantity. I live in Abia state. If you have any video on setting up the pen, email me on okoroisrael522@gmail.com @Afrocatalyst
chat me up on whatsapp. 08073122596
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by austinvsb1(m): 4:13pm On Apr 21, 2015
God bless you for this thread. Nairaland is indeed a land of possibilities. I will call you @afrocatalyst before the end of today. Cheers
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by mechtakesover: 10:36am On May 06, 2015
good day sir. pls can i come see ur farm? my email-Amaechieze04201@gmail.com
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Seun(m): 4:18pm On Aug 26, 2015
Any coloured pictures?
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 4:22pm On Aug 26, 2015
Seun:
Any coloured pictures?

Yes
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Seun(m): 4:29pm On Aug 26, 2015
Afrocatalyst:
Yes
Seen. Tnx. Kudos. Pls post new ones when available.
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 5:45pm On Aug 26, 2015
Seun:
Seen. Tnx. Kudos. Pls post new ones when available.

Ok
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by imohchard(m): 10:08am On Aug 27, 2015
seun what is it with you and pictures?
Seun:
Any coloured pictures?
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by oshinrizle: 7:21pm On Mar 20, 2016
Afrocatalyst:

1. Fulicas grow bigger in lenght than marginata, which means they weigh better. And they are more rugged and easy to adapt than marginata.
2. They feed on what every other snail eats, like fresh leaves, fruits and a good source of calcium,evryday. I will get back on good sources of calcium for most of us snail farmers in Nigeria.
3.they can mate once and lay eggs continously for up to 5years and above. They are good semen savers. They become sexually active from 6months and lay eggs in clutches after a long period of mating. Their eggs enter into 400 in one lay. You see why its the best specie of snail for commercial farmers.
4. I am just a passionate snail farmer. I do nt consult but share ideas and experiences with interested persons. I wil see if i can upload the pictures. I already told you am in abule egba. I also already told you my price per baby fulica. I wil get back to you on ma xperiences wit getting a good source of calcium for them apart from cuttlebone which is not readily available to us here in Nigeria unlike our counterparts abroad. A fulica deprived of calciun is like saying to it 'i sentence you to death by hanging'. Lol.

I know this post is old, put i need to correct some information i read here

The fulica species is a Giant african snail, but it is the smallest of the three,

They are :

Achatina fulica,
Archachatina marginata and
Achatina achatina

The biggest is achatina achatina followed by marginata then fulica.

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Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 8:52pm On Mar 20, 2016
oshinrizle:


I know this post is old, put i need to correct some information i read here

The fulica species is a Giant african snail, but it is the smallest of the three,

They are :

Achatina fulica,
Archachatina marginata and
Achatina achatina

The biggest is achatina achatina followed by marginata then fulica.



Thank you for this correction. Been wanting to make this correction. Nice one. My recent threads made the correction tho.

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Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by RiverHills: 10:25am On Mar 22, 2016
Pls where can I get the Achatina Achatina specie of snails...including a picture of a baby snailery pen? thanks. pls email me on riverhills.ng@gmail.com. th
anks
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by bollysky87: 11:21am On Mar 23, 2016
Please can we see the snail feed fomula? Add me on watsapp. 07069321648
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by bollysky87: 11:16pm On Apr 10, 2016
Hi
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by keoplus(m): 10:31am On Apr 11, 2016
I have a backyard i would love to rear snail, please how do i go about start this snail rearing this season. thanks

08030753212, email: kingumu@gmail.com

miqos02:
@afroca: i mean baby snails, how do i source for their food, i know they eat cocoa leaves and come fruits but are there feeds that boost their growth?
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Afrocatalyst: 8:31am On Jun 24, 2016
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by Me4sure: 5:35pm On Aug 11, 2016
WOW
Thank you for all these information
Can I start my snail farm inside my house
I plan to use a room inside my house and my balcony
I read about someone that used a room inside her house
Can I do the same as I currently do not have a plot of land
How much will it cost me from start to finish
The room is a normal room side with two big windows, while the balcony is the size of a normal balcony
Also my friend wants to know if she can use her backyard
Its about half of a quarter plot
Thank you
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by 17am: 7:33am On Sep 10, 2016
Afrocatalyst:
I have any quantity you want. Fulica achatina is the best breed for commercial snail farming which has proven to be a mine of wealth to those who have discovered it in this our dear country,Nigeria, and are doing it while laboring under correct knowledge. (luck). They produce well and grow bigger than any other snail. It is truly the west african giant snail. It weighs heavily too and is very rugged. We export too. All our baby fulicas have been raised under captivity and given the right amount of calcium to ensure continous growth. Cal me on 08073122596. Am in lagos.

Hi Afrocatalyst, this is your baby girlfriend new in the snail farming . I just picked up my snail 4days ago now this trend has been helpful. Thank you.
I have a little problem dealing with ants and cockroaches,feeding and cleaning my pen because am using a n old fish pond. what can I do?
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by fagbenrot: 10:53am On Sep 22, 2016
I just started rearing like 20 mail snails cos of my interest and because i don't have much to built a better pen for them now though i keep them in a barf just last week i changed their soil and i did just wat you said cos i notice some termites and i spread the soil on the ground and i removed all the termites and i changed their soil but this last monday make it a week now and i bless God because i know Rome was not built in a day. i called my furniture guy to build on and to let me know how much it cost.

Buh I can tell you I now love them like my real pet and you can't imaging they have being mating.

My Question Afrocatalyst: If they mate today when will the mating start becoming eggs cos i can't wait?
2. I realise their poop is getting much and but if you don't remove it will it cos damage?

fagbenrooluwatosin@gmail.com is my mail I will like to know you more for future partnership thanks
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by abubakrimutiu(m): 7:04am On Oct 21, 2016
fagbenrot:
I just started rearing like 20 mail snails cos of my interest and because i don't have much to built a better pen for them now though i keep them in a barf just last week i changed their soil and i did just wat you said cos i notice some termites and i spread the soil on the ground and i removed all the termites and i changed their soil but this last monday make it a week now and i bless God because i know Rome was not built in a day. i called my furniture guy to build on and to let me know how much it cost.

Buh I can tell you I now love them like my real pet and you can't imaging they have being mating.

My Question Afrocatalyst: If they mate today when will the mating start becoming eggs cos i can't wait?
2. I realise their poop is getting much and but if you don't remove it will it cos damage?

fagbenrooluwatosin@gmail.com is my mail I will like to know you more for future partnership thanks
please sir can i have ur numba i too want to start i think u might help
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by azyzyk: 7:02pm On Nov 07, 2016
please where can i get calcium supplements for my snail. i don`t have any idea about this.
Re: Baby Snails For Starters (fulica Achatina). by azyzyk: 7:10pm On Nov 07, 2016
Afrocatalyst:
I tried a lot of things to supplement the calcium my snails get evryday apart from the one from the soil. I tried boiled egg shell by removin the inside layer and crushing. They hardly ate it. I went to the market and got limestone (nzu in igbo). I washed it an broke it for them and placed it ,they ate it bt not much. I later discovered a better way. When changing the soil,i grind the limestone to powder and mix wit d soil before placing them. (note that its necessary to change the soil once in two month). That way,while eatin the soil,they take it in. I noticed their shell getting stronger and more polished.

please where can i get calcium supplements or lime stone in the market.

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