"It is a common knowledge that he that gets to the river early enough will surely get a cleaner water to fetch" This thread is to unveil the hidden wealth in Agricultural Business with particular reference to Snailery. And the need to be one of the few to greatly benefit from Snailery Business before others. Even in the hatch economic reality, food remain one of the basic need to man. This is why, we have decided to expose the need to go into the business." IMASTEX FARMS is a subsidiaries of IMASTEX GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD. We will be sharing practical experience.

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Snail farming is an art of rearing snails for commercial and subsistence purposes. The process of rearing snail is called
helicicuiture (meaning snail culture). Due to its high nutritional value, snails have become a very popular delicacy. Snail meat is very rich in calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, vitamin E, vitamin C, protein, iron, fat (0.05 to 0.08%), etc. Because of this nutritional values, the meat stands as a very good alternative to red meat, this is even why the consumption of snail meat is gaining preference.

Snails are crawling creatures which are always found in the bushes, wet land areas, River banks and forests of the world, especially in the tropics. There are many types of snails which can be identified by the environment in which they are found: Land snail, fresh water snails and marine (salt water) snails. But for the purpose of this thread, we will be concentrating on the Land snails which is commonly known as Giant Africa Large Snail.

Type of Snails
Snails have 14 species which are: Achatina, Archachatina, Atopochochlis, Bequeartina, Burtoa, Columna, Callistpepla, Lignus, Limicollaria, Limicolariopsis, Lissachatina, Metachatina, Periderriopsis and Pseudachati. Nevertheless, there are mainly three species good for farm purposes which are fortunately found in Africa, there are Achatina achatina, Achatina fulica and Archachatina marginata. These belong to the family Achatinidae, a particular group of large land snails, originally from western, eastern, and southern Africa, with long slender shells.

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Patient is a virtue. Moreover, Rome wasn't built in a day. We didn't open this thread just to hurriedly dump in theories or do copy and paste. We are here to give practical lectures as a snail farmer and consultant. The thread is subject to continuous update.
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Identifying the key features
Generally, the Giant Africa Large Snails (GALS) may look the same in appearance to consumers because it has foot (fleshy part) and shell. But this can't be said for the farmers. In identifying the common distinguishing features among the snail type under review. You are to note the following:

1. Achatina-Fulica (AF): This snail has very pointed tail. Dark shell, though, very similar shell colour is sometimes found among the Marginata's but with clear difference on the foot colour. It has over 7 rings/circle/curved. AF is usually very smaller in size compare to AM and AA. The snail size also reflect on its eggs size. Though, it produces between 100 to 150 eggs a clutch.

2. Achatina-Marginata (AM). This snail really represent in terms of it giant size. It has a blunt tail-end. AM has 5 and below rings/round-curve. It has various colours depending on its immediate environment. Though, usually brownish with some dark colour design. It lays between 9 to 12 eggs a clutch. The eggs are usually the biggest in size and the baby snail grows faster compare to AF and AA. This makes it more viable for business.

Achatina-Achatina (AA): This is popularly referred to as Ghana tiger. Because it is mainly found in Ghana, the extra giant size and the designs on the shell. It has a yellowish and darkish spine on the shell which has close similarity with a tiger colour. AA has a very pointed tail just like AF. It usually has 7 or more rings "round-curved" on the shell. it can lay between 200 to 400 eggs a clutch. The eggs are the smallest among the three. Though, it grows slower compare to AM, but it is the biggest on the long run. It is also good for business. but it requires a lot of patients and extra care, it appear to be more delicate.

Please, use the above image for visual explanations.

REPRODUCTION IN SNAILS
Giant Africa Large Snails are hermaphrodite in nature by possessing both the male and female reproductive system. Here is a quick rundown of the reproduction stages:

COURTSHIP
Snail reproduction actually starts from this stage. Just like humans, this process involves the search/networking of two mature snails ready for the ceremony of mating.

MATING
This is the second stage in snail reproduction, having located the right partner. The snails begin the mating process, during which sperm are been reciprocally exchanged for the purpose of fertilising each other. The mating ceremony can take as long as 5-15 hours for mating to complete.

EGGS PRODUCTION
Eggs production are actually the expected end after mating/fertilisation exercise are completed. It takes between 20 to 30 days for the eggs to be hatched after laying. During the cause of laying, snails can wrongly drop their eggs. As a farmer, you are to assist to ensuring proper placement of the eggs (5-15cm) below the soil. You can also consider eggs transfer/incubation.
INCUBATION: Eggs may be incubated in a hatchery. This may be wooden or metallic box or plastic container. The base of the box or container should be perforated before putting humus or
loamy soil in it. The lid of the box or container should be of mosquito netting. The collected eggs should be placed in holes dug 3-5cm deep and lightly covered with soil and of course shaded from direct sunlight. The eggs should be watered every other day until they hatch.

Note: Snails can hold back their eggs (refuse to lay) if they sense an unconducive environment. So, ensure your snails are always in good conditions generally.
* Don't assist the about to be hatched snails by removing any shell from it, even when you can see the juvenile inside the shell.

JUVENILE CARE
This are the young/baby snails. After been hatched out of their shell. The juvenile often consume their shells as the first contact to feed and crave for calcium. When they finally reveal themselves from the soil cover, you are to feed them with fresh and wet vegetables, ensure a lot is within their reach as they may not be able to do distance search for feed. You are to maintain this at least within their first 3 months. Now about transfer/separating them: this is where a lot of snail farmers make mistakes by separating them too early.

Note: We earlier mentioned that snails are active at night (nocturnal animal), and as such feed accordingly. This doesn't applied to the juveniles, as babies they can eat whenever they are feeling hungry. They are active night and day.

GROW OUT
This involves the final stage, often referred to by you as big snails. Starting from the point of lay (medium size) to the giant size.

Please, find attached pictures for visuals explanation.

FEEDING IN SNAILS

Many may wonder if snails do have mouth, how and what they eat. Well, it will shock you to know the following.
It is popularly said, "You are what you eat". This is no exception to snails. As their general wellbeing and quick growth revolves round proper feeding. Good enough, snails eat a wide variety of food which could be classified into any of these categories: tubers, agricultural by products, fresh vegetables, fruits, leaves, cereals, fibers, drinks, and concentrates. Virtually all human consumables can be eaten by snails with few exceptions hence they are omnivorous in nature and that is why they have been
able to survive for generations. History has it that snails
have been in existence since prehistoric times.

Leaves and Vegetables:
Some leaves eaten by snails include leaves of paw-paw, cocoyam, banana, sweet potato and cassava. Snails eat a lot of vegetables too. Some of their best vegetables include pumpkin, cabbage, lettuce, okra, water leaf, spinach, garden egg plant, amaranthus and all green vegetables that can be eaten by man.

Fruits:
Snails also eat fruits, some of which include breadfruit, cucumber, green beans, nectarine melon, peach, plums, paw-paw, banana, plantain, orange, apple, pineapple, grape, tomatoes, ripe pear, avocado and all edible fruits.

Tubers:
Snails eat tuber crops like yam, sweet
potato, cocoyam and cassava when cooked.

Drinks:
Snails take water, soft drinks & beverages, fruit
juice and wine. However, caution need to be applied when serving them water to avoid drowning.

Agricultural by-products:
agricultural by products like wheat bran, rice bran, corn, soybean, residue bran, palm kernel cake, peel of plantain and banana, fresh maize chaff etc can also be eaten by snails.

Cereals:
dried and processed maize, groundnut cake, soybean meal, and sorghum. Supplements: feed supplements like fishmeal and blood meal are also good for snails.

Concentrates:
this include poultry waste and feed, fish feed.

Minerals:
limestone, wood ash, fish meal, bone meal and
chalk. Snails also need a lot of calcium in-take for
growth and shell formation. Calcium or mineral
supplement can also be derived from ground eggshell,
oyster shell, bone meal or even soil.

SECRET TO SNAIL RAPID GROWTH
Snails need calcium a lot to help ensure rapid growth and the development of their shell.

We can supply you any quantity of the newly formulated SNAIL CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT any where in the country. kindly, contact us for wholesale and retail supply or you want to be a distributor.
ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENT
Just one pack can feed 50 giant snails for about 20 to 30 days depending on the individual choice of use.
* It can be used to spice their feed.
* It can be serve in the natural powder form. Or wet with a little water.
* It can be mix into their drinking water.

GROW YOUR SNAIL WITHIN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME AND SAVE YOURSELF THE LONG WAITING.

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We are not just a consultant as many online writers seems to be this days. We are practical snail farmers. All our writeup is base on the practical findings from our team of researchers with prove of images for better comprehension. And of course our years of experience can't be left out to what motivate our writing. The simple mistakes some snail farmers (beginners) do make is getting the right breeders for stocking, etc. Let us help you with the following:

* Supply of breeders for your farm (Any quantity)
* Point of lay (medium size) and giant size
* Processed and unprocessed snails for personal consumption, hotel use, export purpose, etc

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WHY YOU SHOULD FEED YOUR SNAILS PROPERLY

Feeding is very vital to all living things, as it serves as source of energy, growth and general healthy living. This is also applicable to snails as a living thing. The essence of feeding the snails is to aid reproduction capacity and increase their size, thereby expanding your investment return. Therefore, be consistent in feeding your snails. They can eat up to 3 – 5 % of their body weight in 24hours. Snails convert feed to body weight when a balanced diet containing protein, vitamin, minerals, calcium carbonate and phosphate is given to them. Agricultural chemicals in form of spray or powder should be avoided, as they are toxic to snails. Feed snails as much as they can eat, ensure useable water quantity daily.
If active snails are starved of food, they will shade 2 - 5%
of their body weight in 24 hours. Snails are basically fed
twice in a day i.e in the evenings between 5pm - 7pm
and early in the morning, between 7am-9am. Snails are
nocturnal animals i.e they are more active at night. The
feed items should be distributed evenly within the
snailery to enhance equal feeding opportunity for all the
snails. Avoid salt and salty foods since snails do not
survive high salt intake.

Wonderful piece you put up here.

Am resident in Abuja, how do i key into this pls.

Thanks very much Imastex for the info so far i cant wait to get more as i am ready to venture into the business ASAP. Pls also tell us about how to accommodate the snails. ie their pens.
Thanks

iyceconcept:
Thanks very much Imastex for the info so far i cant wait to get more as i am ready to venture into the business ASAP. Pls also tell us about how to accommodate the snails. ie their pens.
Thanks

Thanks for the commendations and remarks. IMASTEX GROUP will be happy to welcome you into the business and to furnish you with all the necessary/needed assistance. Yes, we are ready to unveil all the basic information free, including the housing "pen". And most importantly, the marketing strategies for better return of investment.

This is as a way of contributing back to the society, exposing opportunities for creative minds to explore. And to be self reliance most especially in this present economic reality.

IMASTEX:

Thanks for the commendations and remarks. IMASTEX GROUP will be happy to welcome you into the business and to furnish you with all the necessary/needed assistance. Yes, we are ready to unveil all the basic information free, including the housing "pen". And most importantly, the marketing strategies for better return of investment.

This is as a way of contributing back to the society, exposing opportunities for creative minds to explore. And to be self reliance most especially in this present economic reality.

God bless you for this piece, pls how can I get these snails for farming and the food supplement u talked about, I reside in Kaduna, thank u

prinsam30:



God bless you for this piece, pls how can I get these snails for farming and the food supplement u talked about, I reside in Kaduna, thank u

Bless you too. Good to know our writeup is of service to you. We normally do a waybill to our clients in those places through transporters for those who can't come down to our farm. Thanks

IMASTEX:

Bless you too. Good to know our writeup is of service to you. We normally do a waybill to our clients in those places through transporters for those who can't come down to our farm. Thanks

pls where is ur farm located

prinsam30:


pls where is ur farm located

Edo State

IMASTEX:

Edo State

wonderful, that's my state, anyways let chat proper this is my email.............

mybrainatwork1@gmail.com

prinsam30:




wonderful, that's my state, anyways let chat proper this is my email.............

mybrainatwork1@gmail.com

Nice to know that.
Noted, we are on WhatsApp, the number is on our signature.

IMASTEX:
Nice to know that. Noted, we are on WhatsApp, the number is on our signature.

OK that's great, thanks

Very Very informative!

Please give us your WhatsApp no ,thank you for your selfless service.

IMASTEX:
FEEDING IN SNAILS

Many may wonder if snails do have mouth, how and what they eat. Well, it will shock you to know the following.
It is popularly said, "You are what you eat". This is no exception to snails. As their general wellbeing and quick growth revolves round proper feeding. Good enough, snails eat a wide variety of food which could be classified into any of these categories: tubers, agricultural by products, fresh vegetables, fruits, leaves, cereals, fibers, drinks, and concentrates. Virtually all human consumables can be eaten by snails with few exceptions hence they are omnivorous in nature and that is why they have been
able to survive for generations. History has it that snails
have been in existence since prehistoric times.

Leaves and Vegetables:
Some leaves eaten by snails include leaves of paw-paw, cocoyam, banana, sweet potato and cassava. Snails eat a lot of vegetables too. Some of their best vegetables include pumpkin, cabbage, lettuce, okra, water leaf, spinach, garden egg plant, amaranthus and all green vegetables that can be eaten by man.

Fruits:
Snails also eat fruits, some of which include breadfruit, cucumber, green beans, nectarine melon, peach, plums, paw-paw, banana, plantain, orange, apple, pineapple, grape, tomatoes, ripe pear, avocado and all edible fruits.

Tubers:
Snails eat tuber crops like yam, sweet
potato, cocoyam and cassava when cooked.

Drinks:
Snails take water, soft drinks & beverages, fruit
juice and wine. However, caution need to be applied when serving them water to avoid drowning.

Agricultural by-products:
agricultural by products like wheat bran, rice bran, corn, soybean, residue bran, palm kernel cake, peel of plantain and banana, fresh maize chaff etc can also be eaten by snails.

Cereals:
dried and processed maize, groundnut cake, soybean meal, and sorghum. Supplements: feed supplements like fishmeal and blood meal are also good for snails.

Concentrates:
this include poultry waste and feed, fish feed.

Minerals:
limestone, wood ash, fish meal, bone meal and
chalk. Snails also need a lot of calcium in-take for
growth and shell formation. Calcium or mineral
supplement can also be derived from ground eggshell,
oyster shell, bone meal or even soil.

keep it up you're doing a nice job

Where my mat

IMASTEX:
"It is a common knowledge that he that gets to the river early enough will surely get a cleaner water to fetch" This thread is to unveil the hidden wealth in Agricultural Business with particular reference to Snailery. And the need to be one of the few to greatly benefit from Snailery Business before others. Even in the hatch economic reality, food remain one of the basic need to man. This is why, we have decided to freely expose the need to go into the business, how to start-up and the most important part "marketing". IMASTEX FARMS is a subsidiaries of IMASTEX GROUP OF COMPANIES. We will be sharing practical experience. Just follow us.

Bros, @IMASTEX, this is very informative.
I thank you for it. We are considering diversifying into this area soonest.
You however, didn't share on Marketing. Is that coming soon?
God bless you for this piece, pls how can I get these snails for farming and the food supplement u talked about, I reside in Kaduna, thank u

Very nice and educative,thank you.
Please my question is how can they be stored. Or let me say where exactly can they be bred? Someone told me tanks or to dig up the ground for them to live in.

how much is a minimum startup for the business?

I am also interested in snail farming, can't wait to hear more gist about it especially the housing, start up capital and d rest. God bless you bro

Pls how much is the minimum capital and how can on house snails. Thanks!