ok, i live on a farm where we grow alfalfa hay. recently we have been noticing a lot of small black field crickets when we do our harvesting. since i've had luck with cricket traps, could i feed these crickets to my cubans? we don't use any pesticides or fertilizers that could contaminate the crix.
I've read a lot of bad things on black field crickets, the chitin that makes up their body is a lot harder including spinier legs. Low nutritional value, aggressive (bite). Sounds like a good opportunity, but if it were me I would stay away from them. Maybe get some advice from people who have actually dealt with them. These are only comments from what I've researched.
They're quite suitable as food (as much as the house/brown crickets sold commercially in the US). However, I would be hesitant using wild crickets because they could be carrying parasites that could be passed on to your pets.
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i was thinking about starting to breed them and use the new bred crix as food
I was able to breed the black crickets, but when hatched they are smaller than the little black ants and they took forever to grow. I guess if you have the time go for it. For me it's easier to buy 1000 crickets for $20 from the reptile guy down the road, I only have 2 Cope's frogs and 2 Fowler's toad.
I have a silly question. Were the brown crickets bred from the black crickets. Are they from the same speicies.
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