Breading crikets
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Nate135
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U should have an egg laying dish that is filled with moist soil or sand that they can lay their eggs in. Leave it in their bin for a week or 2 and then remove it and place it into a separate bin to hatch. But put another dish with damp soil back into the bin wen u remove the first one so u can keep the cycle going
Trillian
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So, how do breaded crix taste?
Well clearly nobody knows, they aren't easy things to bread! ANd they are crunchy enough without.
Nate135
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Well like i said, take the egg laying dish and wen it has eggs in it then put it in a bin that has no crickets and the eggs will safely hatch there.
Nate135
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No worries. Do you understand what I mean though?
Nate135
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Well they shouldnt get the chance to eat very many of the eggs if you take the dish out quick enough. Another way to help the problem would be to lower the number of male crickets you have. 1 male to every 4 females is all you need so I could start feeding some of the male crickets to your cham and save the females. That might help your problem
ReptileLover0423
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What I do is cover the egg laying container with metal mesh screen. The female will still be able to stick her ovapositor in the soil and it keeps the males out. Hope this helps.
djfishygillz
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Every time I try to breed crickets seems like they never pop out. I did the entire routine of letting them lay for 2 days, then keeping it humid and putting heat on it,(incubated for a week and a half at 90 degrees) and they never hatch.
Nate135
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This is a really good idea, I also use this technique and it seems to work well so far
Nate135
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Well if you use the metal screen on top of the laying dish then I dont think the ratio is that important anymore. I'd just keep doing what you're doing but try the metal screen on your laying dish. If your eggs are still getting eaten then try having less males per female
ReptileLover0423
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Honestly humidity is more important than temperature when hatching crickets. Takes about 12 days for my eggs to begin hatching. I use a tupperware container inside a shoe box size tote. I keep the whole thing on a heating pad on LOW setting. I also keep the tupperware container off the floor of the tote about 3 inches. This works for me and have had lots of success with it. Try and keep your temp around 82 or 83 degrees. When all the females have laid and it's time for me to incubate I spray the soil one last time pretty well. You don't want to over do it. When crickets hatch they can drown in just the smallest droplet of water.
SpartyTessy
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Also you want to pack the dirt enough to where its harder for the males to dig up the eggs as the female can still stick her ovipositor in the dirt and lay the eggs. As others have said the screen on top is a good idea but I have never had to use it. But if the dirt is loose the males will surely dig.
As far as the egg setup before I was not using a heating pad it took between 2-3 weeks before the eggs would start to hatch and not many would hatch. Once I got the heating pad I simply put it under the container on a medium setting and now they hatch in about 4-7 days. I just had one of the egg containers hatch so many babies that you could barely see the dirt. I have had the best results with the temp ranging between 83 to 90 degrees. Also like others have said the key is making sure the dirt stays moist but dont over do it. If you are having a hard time keeping the dirt moist just put a lid with holes poked in it on the egg container. This will keep it moist for longer. I found that spraying the egg container about twice a day works great if not using a lid. Just make sure the dirt never fully dries out or the eggs will not hatch.
I have started my cricket colony about 6 weeks ago and I probably have more than 8000 baby crickets. Good thing because my Female Jackson just had 9 babies
As far as the egg setup before I was not using a heating pad it took between 2-3 weeks before the eggs would start to hatch and not many would hatch. Once I got the heating pad I simply put it under the container on a medium setting and now they hatch in about 4-7 days. I just had one of the egg containers hatch so many babies that you could barely see the dirt. I have had the best results with the temp ranging between 83 to 90 degrees. Also like others have said the key is making sure the dirt stays moist but dont over do it. If you are having a hard time keeping the dirt moist just put a lid with holes poked in it on the egg container. This will keep it moist for longer. I found that spraying the egg container about twice a day works great if not using a lid. Just make sure the dirt never fully dries out or the eggs will not hatch.
I have started my cricket colony about 6 weeks ago and I probably have more than 8000 baby crickets. Good thing because my Female Jackson just had 9 babies
