Hi - I think the issue with the water crystals is that they are made from polyacrylamide. Non food grade polyacrylamide often contains acrylamide which is a neurotoxin. Also, polyacrylamide depolymerises to acrylamide at high temperature, i.e. if you roast/fry a cricket. So if a cricket is cooked with acrylamide in its system then it may become toxic
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
You are correct Adam. That sounds too risky for me. When I roast my crickets, I'd rather risk having some apple left in their system than risk having some polyacrylamide left in their system.
@reptilecare53943 жыл бұрын
Lots of interesting ways, I personally like your method as it reminds me of mine, as I use dishes filled with aquarium pebbles to avoid cricket drownings and found it works for babies aswell as adults, however the only draw back is it needs to be refilled often as the dishes I used are quite shallow.
@orenrez6552 жыл бұрын
hi, thats something im about to try (for both pinheads and adults) a chicken feeder with aquarium rocks\marbels all the way up on the side plates. is that working well?
@rkhnd514 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
@Holypikemanz9 ай бұрын
@craftcrickets847 I grab a medium sized "to go" box, chop it up a bit and use pieces of it to build a ramp up to the to go box. I fill the box with old towel parts (but clean) and then fill it up with clean water. I use clear gorilla super glue on the ramp, very thin, and then pour sand onto the glue on the ramp. When it dries, in about an hour 30, its scratchy so the crickets and pinheads can walk on it. The top/lid of the to go box provides a ceiling to hold in moisture. So its a box full of water, with towels that can be reused, and pinheads dont have to jump into it, just walk up the ramp and bite the towels for water. Change twice a week, (towels can be cleaned in the dish washer as well) but the crickets wont die if you go on a week long trip, unless you have a high number of crickets.
@lindygreg68056 ай бұрын
Thanks for thr info ..I love crickets very informative
@AarysGigi2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I am enjoying your videos, Austin.
@AarysGigi2 жыл бұрын
Dude, that sweater is so awesome!
@Michellebrown125 жыл бұрын
Hey Austin just had a quick question. Have you ever tried the food grade orbie type things that they sell at frozen yogurt places as a topping. They are safe for us to eat so why wouldn't they be safe for the crickets?
@nourhanateout71875 ай бұрын
When you setup the feeder for baby crickets, how do you baffle the flow of the water? I did your method with coco husk and the water coming out was too much. I think i have the same size feeder as you too. Thanks, very informative video
@nickys55785 жыл бұрын
I lab I worked in use to use whicks and mad a water for them with that. the crickets can't get to the reservoir of water. Certain bugs though we mixed a dry powder of nutrients in with agar and that was their food and water.
@juanpabloacosta52946 жыл бұрын
nice! keep the videos!
@hellwoody5 жыл бұрын
What about using sand instead of rock?
@johndavies3015 жыл бұрын
What do the craft pouches look like and are you looking to purchase dehydrated crickets
@dartmango3 жыл бұрын
So the thing about eating the crystals if it takes a teaspoon to make a large plastic container of gel it probably wouldn't be good to eat but chemically it's the same as what they use in jello. So yes for human consumption it ok to eat but not until prepared
@sarahb72307 ай бұрын
Can i give them distilled water? Or can i use fish water dechlorinator ?
@markusg92915 жыл бұрын
Good day, I was wondering, how important is the right humidity for cricket breeding? At this stage, I don't have a humidifier. My crickets have been exposed to approximately 10% humidity and cricket development is not as expected. To enhance and catalyse cricket development, will a humidifier be necessary? Regards,
@esotericreference6373 Жыл бұрын
Misting gently the breeding substrate with water is necessary so that their eggs do not dry to death.
@CanadianFarmGirl16 жыл бұрын
I am really enjoying your videos! Great job. I was wondering if it would be okay to use fabric in the chick feeders? We are trying to be as zero waste and sustainable with all our urban farming endeavors so paper towels are out of the picture.
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
I haven’t tried it myself but have heard of others doing so. I imagine it would work really well as long as the fabric doesn’t have any dyes and is very clean. Whatever you use, expect that the crickets will try to eat it.
@zippyify6 жыл бұрын
hi! have you considered using sand or gravel with the chicken water vessels? Love to know any positives/ negatives you can think about that
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
I haven't used sand or gravel. As long as there are no viruses hiding in the gravel, I imagine it would work. The crickets shouldn't drown at least. If you give it a try, please share how well it works.
@outcastfishing34376 жыл бұрын
Craft Crickets gravel works great but has to be changed often as poop and such will collect wash it before u put it in the waterer
@gbertarelli6 жыл бұрын
Thank You for the chick feeder idea! I'm new at this and their compost dries out too fast. I have clay pebbles from an aquaponics set-up that I'm going to try in a chick feeder. I also have organic coffee filters to see if they work together or which one works better.
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
Please share how well it works. I'll be curious especially about the coffee filters...I have never thought of that.
@luzmariax11422 жыл бұрын
habla demasiado, para personas que no hablamos inglés requerimos más imágenes, o tal vez KZfaq pueda traducir con subtítulos, gracias
@lennyd13136 жыл бұрын
Great videos!!! with the ground up coconut husk u didn't mention do u fill the chick water(er) with water so as the husks dry out the water will keep the husks wet or will the husks give enough water (which is a substitute... as this is the substitute for water) for the week??? or are u confident that the husks will actually last the week??? Thanks
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
Hello. I fill the chick waterers with water in order to keep the coconut husk wet for the whole week. If I only soaked the husk one time, it would dry out pretty quickly when the ambient air temp is in the 80s or 90s. By filling the chick waterer, the young crickets will not drink through the whole quart in a week (in my setup), but I replace the water and coconut husk after a week to keep things clean.
@beverlyford39335 жыл бұрын
What about natural sea sponges?
@andrewchen18536 жыл бұрын
When I use the sponges the Crickets just ate it, that's why I use veggies instead.
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
I had that issue as well. I would much rather have my crickets eat veggies instead of sponges.
@esotericreference6373 Жыл бұрын
Crickets can drown in standing water, so... The solution is simple: provide sitting water.
@esotericreference6373 Жыл бұрын
Or better still, prone water. Water trying desperately to hide in the very floor, even.
@Specogecko2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about a water dish with perlite
@ericgauthier86956 жыл бұрын
Is there really a worthy enough profit in selling crickets ?? I am very curious about this business model !
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
It depends on a number of variables. Can you get affordable real estate, heat, etc...? Can you create enough demand without spending too much time? Can you properly scale the farm to a size large enough to yield a profit...
@gregboshell9776 жыл бұрын
What kind of boxes do you use to ship your crickets, and where do you buy them
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
I don't ship live crickets. I process them and sell them as food for humans. The crickets I sell are dried and packaged in sealable kraft pouches. As for buying starter crickets, there are a number of sellers on Amazon which well sell live crickets at a variety of sizes.
@outcastfishing34376 жыл бұрын
Do you use chlorine water like city water or well water
@craftcrickets8476 жыл бұрын
We always use filtered water as crickets have been known to die from too much chlorine etc.
@mikeolsen63804 жыл бұрын
distilled water? and soak their food in it.
@tsw2scotland3414 жыл бұрын
Can I use wet toilet tissue
@davidsibert66746 жыл бұрын
25 second video would have been enough.
@baileyloenneker93924 жыл бұрын
Just set the playback speed to 1.25 or 1.5 and its perfect.