How to breed crickets
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Abe
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It is a job no doubt, There was a episode on Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, Here is the 1st episode on you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vstDRWbfhXM
Breeding them is not hard, but they are a high maintence feeder insect. There's many, many guides out there on how to breed them. A quick google search will give you all the links you need and many more.
In short, you will need: Adult crickets, containers to hold the crickets, egg crates, food, an appropriate hydration method, egg-laying container with a suitable substrate, and a heat source for incubating the eggs. If the room is cold you will need a heat source for the crickets themselves as well.
Back when I bred them I used 4 different tanks for different sizes. Two 5 gallon tanks for pinheads, two 10 gallons for raising small/medium crickets to large/subadult, and a 20 gallon for maturing and breeding the adults in. I needed to clean all of these out every 2-3 days or so. If I didn't, I would start to have die-offs.
It was time consuming and NOT a fun process, but the reward was lots of healthy crickets. With that said, I got fed-up with the nasty things after maybe 6-8 months, and threw em all out.
I stick to buying them in bulk, now.
In short, you will need: Adult crickets, containers to hold the crickets, egg crates, food, an appropriate hydration method, egg-laying container with a suitable substrate, and a heat source for incubating the eggs. If the room is cold you will need a heat source for the crickets themselves as well.
Back when I bred them I used 4 different tanks for different sizes. Two 5 gallon tanks for pinheads, two 10 gallons for raising small/medium crickets to large/subadult, and a 20 gallon for maturing and breeding the adults in. I needed to clean all of these out every 2-3 days or so. If I didn't, I would start to have die-offs.
It was time consuming and NOT a fun process, but the reward was lots of healthy crickets. With that said, I got fed-up with the nasty things after maybe 6-8 months, and threw em all out.
I stick to buying them in bulk, now.
wymking
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It's not easy to do that,but thanks for telling me that
