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Fermenting Feed
Recently, a coworker asked if I had ever heard of fermenting chicken feed. Honestly, the only thing I’ve ever purposefully fermented has been barley, hops, water and yeast after brewing beer. Fermenting helps preserve foods and the microbes involved break…
Read MoreCricket Numbers
So far, the crickets have been pretty successful. I’ve been building the colony and harvesting here and there, but mostly, trying to get the numbers up to have consistent harvests. Before I knew the dehydration problem was happening, I was…
Read MoreBaby Mealworms!!!
Honestly, I wasn’t really sure these guys were going to be a success. I started the bins and the mealworms morphed into adults, but then it seemed like most of them died and I couldn’t see any offspring. That’s because…
Read MoreCricket Castle and Cricket Baby Houdinis
The cricket population is exploding and we needed a room to house all the bins. I found an indoor gardening tent that is 10’x10′ and set it up. It’s working out really well. The biggest surprise so far has been…
Read MoreCricket or the Egg?
In our case, the cricket definitely came before the egg. For awhile there, I couldn’t even see the eggs they’re so small! The baby crickets just kind of showed up and I completely missed the eggs in the first habitat due…
Read MoreCrickets Eat Spirulina!
Well this is fantastic. I put some spirulina in the cricket bin hoping that they would eat it. And they did! It will be interesting overtime to play with the amounts and blend it in with other feedstocks. Looking forward…
Read MoreTwo Week Old Crickets
It’s only been two weeks and the crickets are getting much bigger. I can’t believe how many there are! There are some larger ones and some really small ones. I am supplementing the apple slices with a little cricket feed,…
Read MoreThey Grow Up So Fast!
Gosh, they really do grow up fast don’t they? The crickets went from tiny little specks to actual crickets pretty quick. Take a look!
Read MoreBaby Crickets!!!
When I opened the cricket habitat today, I was surprised to see some little critters scurrying about. At first, they looked like an army of ants, but a closer look revealed they are baby crickets! Since we’ve added some heat mats…
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