How do Farmers Farm Crawfish?

[Texas Tiger]

Where does the stock come from?
The fry or eggs or whatever they start with.

Are there crawfish breeders out there working on a bigger better crawfish?

[Red Devil]

Originally Posted by Texas Tiger

Where does the stock come from?
The fry or eggs or whatever they start with.

Are there crawfish breeders out there working on a bigger better crawfish?

The stock comes from "seeding" with small crawfish the year before. If I have this right, they will seed before the end of the season and as the ponds dry up they will bury themselves in the mud.

[swamp snorkler]

Originally Posted by Texas Tiger

Where does the stock come from?
The fry or eggs or whatever they start with.

Are there crawfish breeders out there working on a bigger better crawfish?

LSU is working on a crawfish that will be harvestable year round. They are also working on a crafish with a smaller head and bigger tail.

[Red Devil]

Originally Posted by swamp snorkler

LSU is working on a crawfish that will be harvestable year round. They are also working on a crafish with a smaller head and bigger tail.

Wouldn't that be hard to do? I could see maybe in the deeper water of the basin, but not a flooded field that's only a foot deep. Come July and August, that water would be hotter than hades.

[Deerfarmer]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

Wouldn't that be hard to do? I could see maybe in the deeper water of the basin, but not a flooded field that's only a foot deep. Come July and August, that water would be hotter than hades.

Then you could just add seasoning and they would be boiled and ready to eat.

[Red Devil]

Originally Posted by Deerfarmer

Then you could just add seasoning and they would be boiled and ready to eat.

LOL