THE COMMERCIAL YABBY FARMER By Robert B McCormack ISBN: 0 9578524 1 X 256 pages “MORE INFORMATION” The Commercial Yabby Farmer is a comprehensive guide to all things yabby and yabby farming. For the yabby enthusiast this book covers everything from the anatomy, diet, breeding, handling and growth whether for fun in a tank or…
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Basic pond aeration
Yabbies can tolerate very low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water. That said they may survive but they will not thrive and if your water quality deteriorates enough then they may die. Commercial farmers need to ensure that oxygen levels within any given pond never deteriorate to critical levels. Commonly, yabby ponds are large,…
Drain Harvesting a Yabby Pond
Commercial semi-intensive yabby ponds are gravity drainable. This is achieved by installing 150 mm PVC sewer pipe into the pond base at time of construction. For commercial ponds construction information see “The Commercial Yabby Farmer”. Yabby ponds are easily drained by removing the stand pipe and allowing the water to flow out. In NSW the…
Purging Blue Claw Yabbies, Cherax destructor and building a basic purging/holding system
Purging is a process where yabbies are stored and starved to allow the contents of their digestive system to be evacuated. The aim is to have the stomach and hindgut or wasteline through the tail empty before transport and sale. Purged and graded yabbies are generally considered superior to wild catch yabbies and attract a premium…
Disused yabby or fish farm wanted
Got an old yabby or fish farm with ponds in the paddock that are not being used anymore. Would you like to lease those ponds or property out to a commercial farmer? Get paid each week and do nothing, letting someone else do all the work, you just take the money, if that’s of interest…
Commercial Packaging of Live Yabbies for Dispatch by Commercial Courier – 1. Restaurant Grade
If you are despatching live yabbies and they need to be alive at the other end and stay alive long after receipt then the packaging of those yabbies is critical for successful transport. These are the critical steps you will need to follow to ensure successful live transportation of restaurant grade yabbies: 1. Yabbies need…
Perimeter Fencing a Yabby Pond
Semi-intensive commercial yabby farming produces quantities of yabbies at far higher densities than occurs naturally in the wild. Ponds are built to specifications that suit the yabbies, shelter is added and food is supplied. All this is inducive to growing large numbers of yabbies quickly. Now the yabby Cherax destructor is one of the few…