once again silkworms ??

nguyen_inc · 03-20-04, 04:59 PM

Well I just wanted to know will silkies make a cocoon when they only eat the mixture? I have people told me that they cant, but they never bred silkies before. I have 11 2.5 inch silkie which I'm hoping to breed... In about one or two weeks I will buy my own white mulberry tree. But I don't think my colony will last that long.... What do you think?

sevenofthorns · 03-20-04, 05:11 PM

I've had them cocoon when eating the artifical food. Just make sure they're eating almost constantly or else you'll get some that die inside the cocoon.

ChristinaM · 03-20-04, 06:16 PM

all I feed is the artifical and I've had many moths and eggs from it.

nguyen_inc · 03-20-04, 08:49 PM

good! thanks, my colony have food 24 7. haha the other people had no clue what they were taking about....

Cruciform · 03-20-04, 11:16 PM

It might be rude to ask but I've wondered for a long time what the correct pronunciation of Nguyen is.

I've heard the Ng pronounced "ing", "nuh-gu", and "huh" and still don't know who was right.

Can you educate me?

Cheers.

nguyen_inc · 03-21-04, 12:01 AM

hahaha Nguyen pronunced like win. I am used to people saying it wrong. But over in Vietnam we say it totally different, which I havn't yet heard anyone which wasn't asian saying it right..... nuh-gu, never heard that yet... I ussally hear na-guy-ing...