Cricket ? plz answer very important

[mrgoogls]

hey every1 iv been tryin to breed crickets since august and iv had better sucsess then i thought i would. i use potting soin for the egg box and it works OK. But is there anything better? if u breed crckets and u r good plz give me some sugestions

 

[ButterflyGirl89]

I think if you're having success in the first place you're probably better off than most people, really.
From what I've seen, people either order crickets in bulk or breed dubia roaches because they're easier to breed.
Kudos to you for success on cricket raising! :headbang:

 

[mrgoogls]

ty its actually not very hard i have some eggs in my room right now if u want me to explain it or no any1 that need to know just ask

 

[KristenT]

Ummm... asking?
Taz is eating so many (plus I'd like to get my own colony started just in case whatever the virus is hits my supplier) that I really want to get a colony going. What do you feed yours, what temps do you use... etc. Was browsing this board just TO find info on how to get a colony started. How many did you start with? Oh and um... what do I do?
(Yes, I'm completely clueless on this one... sorry!)

 

[rchick]

There are a lot of good videos on you tube for raising crickets. For me I got a mix of 36 large from a local pet store the rare times they had some. I got about a fifteen gal tote from Walmart and my husband cut two four inch holes in them and then hot glued screen onto it. I then got organic top soil and strained it to get the big things out. And from the dollar store I bought five 10x10 x 2 tall plastic Tupperware type things. I poked lots of holes in the top of them and filled all of them up to about half inch from the top. Then I got the dirt in all them very damp. In the big tote i put about six egg cartons standing up on one side. One of the tupperware with the lid off on the other side and the food and water crystals in the middle. Then took a egg carton and cut it down to make a bridge from the other egg cartons over to the dirt. Then I pored the crickets all into the dirt put the top on and made sure they were very warm. About 90 seemed to work good. But I had a small room with a space heater in it to get it nice a hot. Then every other day I would come in and take one tray out and spray it down with a spray bottle put its lid on a sit it on a shelve, I had a heating blanket on. And in about ten days I started seeing babies. The cool thing was out of 36 crickets and five trays. I ended up when all was said and done and a lot of counting latter over 10,000 babies. And very healthy as well. Very very few died. After what seemed like two months I started having a dead one every once in a while. But sadly it comes down to the breeder crickets you get. Some of them like the first one I did worked so good. The crickets were very happy lol. But the next one I did I got a few babies was all. So bad parents I guess. Hope this helps out some. Rhiannon

 

[DNADragons]

The most widely used medium in cricket farms is peat moss. I use coco coir, and you can put a bit of vermiculite in the container to keep it damp longer.

 

[omar2000]

ill try to breed them.after all, i never have, but this will be nice to my wallet, :mrgreen:

 

[KristenT]

That's my line of thinking, Omar... my wallet! Taz is now up to nearly 30 crickets a day! :shock: Good luck to you! I'll try my hand at it as soon as winter's over.

 

[omar2000]

hmm...it didnt work out too well.i only got a few crickets :? for some reason the died faster than normal