Cultivating Cricket Cattle for Bird Feeding at Home
For fans of birds chirping and ornamental birds, the provision of quality food is very important because it greatly affects the performance of pet birds. One feed for birds is Crickets. Apart from crickets, staple food that can be given is voer, caterpillar and kroto.
If you have many pets at home, you definitely need a large amount of crickets, caterpillars or kroto every day. Crickets are often used as alternative feed for fish or other pet animals. In some areas, such as Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, crickets are even one of the most popular culinary and souvenirs.
Because caterpillars and kroto are difficult to cultivate and voers are difficult to make, bird owners prefer to supply them from bird feed stores. Whereas to get a supply of crickets, farmers prefer to cultivate it themselves at home.
Well, if you are interested in cultivating crickets at home, here are a few steps you can follow:
If you have provided a place, such as a warehouse or a special room, you can start preparing the cage. You can buy a cricket cage at a pet / poultry shop, or if it's not there, you can make it yourself from wood or used cardboard that is tightly closed — you can use duct tape, and give gauze for ventilation.
Conditioning can be done by placing buckets filled with used oil in each table leg or cage so that it does not come into direct contact with the ground and walls. The enclosure also needs to be tightly closed so that the lizard or lizard from the roof does not fall into
Chocolate duct tape needs to be affixed to the wall above the cricket cage to prevent crickets from climbing out of the cage.
The way to distinguish it is with the sound of the pebbles on its wings. Only adult male crickets can make that sound.
If the age of the cricket egg is 5 days, separate it from the adult cricket cage and put it in a new cage. One teaspoon of eggs contains around 1,500-2,000 cricket eggs. Within 4-6 days, the color will change from clear to cloudy.
You can put eggs in a fold of cloth and spray them with water to keep them moist.
You can also add mustard greens, carrots or young corn. Providing nutrition for crickets must be done carefully because crickets have cannibal properties if they lack nutrients.
Conditioning can be done by placing buckets filled with used oil in each table leg or cage so that it does not come into direct contact with the ground and walls. The cage cover also needs to be tightly closed so that the lizard or lizard from the roof does not fall into it.
The selling price of crickets per kilogram ranges from IDR 40,000 to IDR 50,000. One kilogram of crickets numbered around one thousand. Apart from being used as your pet's bird feed, cricket cultivation can also be used as a side and additional income. Even with a fast growth cycle, crickets can be a promising business area.
If you have many pets at home, you definitely need a large amount of crickets, caterpillars or kroto every day. Crickets are often used as alternative feed for fish or other pet animals. In some areas, such as Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, crickets are even one of the most popular culinary and souvenirs.
Because caterpillars and kroto are difficult to cultivate and voers are difficult to make, bird owners prefer to supply them from bird feed stores. Whereas to get a supply of crickets, farmers prefer to cultivate it themselves at home.
Well, if you are interested in cultivating crickets at home, here are a few steps you can follow:
Prepare Storage Places and Cage Cages
The first step to cultivating crickets is to prepare places and equipment that will be used as cages and media for cricket maintenance. You can use an empty room in the house or in the yard, which is not exposed to direct sunlight.If you have provided a place, such as a warehouse or a special room, you can start preparing the cage. You can buy a cricket cage at a pet / poultry shop, or if it's not there, you can make it yourself from wood or used cardboard that is tightly closed — you can use duct tape, and give gauze for ventilation.
Fill the enclosure to be safe and free of predators
What you should pay attention to in cultivating crickets is to condition that predators and disturbing animals such as lizards, lizards or ants cannot enter the cage.Conditioning can be done by placing buckets filled with used oil in each table leg or cage so that it does not come into direct contact with the ground and walls. The enclosure also needs to be tightly closed so that the lizard or lizard from the roof does not fall into
Chocolate duct tape needs to be affixed to the wall above the cricket cage to prevent crickets from climbing out of the cage.
Find the Best Parent Breeders
To choose cricket broods, you can buy them at cricket farms or choose them yourself at the feed store. But for male breeders, try to catch it from the wild because of its more aggressive nature.The way to distinguish it is with the sound of the pebbles on its wings. Only adult male crickets can make that sound.
Prepare Live and Lay Media
Before being filled with crickets, cricket cages need to be filled with dry leaves or straw and mud of rice fields smeared on the walls. If you want to breed it, the ideal ratio of male and female is 1: 5. Also provide a medium of sand on a small plate for laying eggs.If the age of the cricket egg is 5 days, separate it from the adult cricket cage and put it in a new cage. One teaspoon of eggs contains around 1,500-2,000 cricket eggs. Within 4-6 days, the color will change from clear to cloudy.
You can put eggs in a fold of cloth and spray them with water to keep them moist.
Prepare Feed and Fulfill the Nutrition
For small crickets, you can provide mashed concentrate chicken feed. As for adults, you can provide a mixture of bran, corn, fish meal, black sticky rice and vitamins.You can also add mustard greens, carrots or young corn. Providing nutrition for crickets must be done carefully because crickets have cannibal properties if they lack nutrients.
Conditioning can be done by placing buckets filled with used oil in each table leg or cage so that it does not come into direct contact with the ground and walls. The cage cover also needs to be tightly closed so that the lizard or lizard from the roof does not fall into it.
The selling price of crickets per kilogram ranges from IDR 40,000 to IDR 50,000. One kilogram of crickets numbered around one thousand. Apart from being used as your pet's bird feed, cricket cultivation can also be used as a side and additional income. Even with a fast growth cycle, crickets can be a promising business area.
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