Make money selling crickets

By: artdis Date: 11.06.2017

I recently had the opportunity to speak with a former large-scale cricket farmer. Michelle Farmer and her husband Barry, ran a successful cricket farm in southern Indiana for over 20 years, selling millions of crickets to local pet stores and bait shops.

Unfortunately, they were one of many farms forced out of business last year when the cricket virus killed off all of their insects. In this brief interview, Michelle shares a bit about her cricket breeding years as well as some advice for the newbie cricket breeder.

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Although she no longer breeds crickets, she now owns a large ebay store. The link to her store is at the end of the interview. What was the name of your cricket farm and where were you located?

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The Cricket Farmer, located in Southern Indiana. When the cricket virus infected your farm, did you just wake up one day to find hundreds of dead crickets or was it a more gradual process?

Please describe your experience as best you can. Once you get it, quit for at least a year. Do you recall any particularly funny moments from your cricket farming days?

Yes, we had a film crew in to shoot a show on the crickets. They found out that if you turn off the lights in the building, all the crickets get quiet for a few seconds. It was 45 minutes before they would stop turning off the lights. Also, they bet my son 5 bucks if he would eat a live cricket on the air. It was very funny! What advice do you offer to the average person who wants to breed crickets at home for their pets? Start small and make a room for just the crickets.

You could plastic-off an area of your reptile room. Keep everyone out, off limits to outsiders.

make money selling crickets

You have to keep any dead crickets out of the box, as it just makes more die. As she mentioned, keeping cricket enclosures clean by removing dead crickets regularly is extremely important. Check my my tips for cleaning cricket cages. Home Cricket Biology Cricket Behavior Types of Crickets Cricket Care Feeding Lizards and Frogs Cricket Breeding Made Easy.

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Interview with a Commercial Cricket Farmer. The Cricket Farmer, located in Southern Indiana Q. You and your family were in cricket farming for over 20 years…that is impressive. How did you and your family first get into the business or what was it that inspired your family to start a cricket farm?

Since the cricket virus only infects the Acheta domesticus cricket species, some cricket farms began breeding different cricket species , such as Gryllus assimilis, so that they could stay in business. Did your family try this?

Why or why not? No, it takes a lot more space to grow that type and they eat each other more than the domestics. After you closed your cricket farm, you began an eBay business. What kind of items are you selling? We've had to close comments due to too much spam. Available for Immediate Download click here to download right now.

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