Food Amount Table and Approximate Number of Insects
Brief table of food amounts
| chick age (days) |
Required food amount per day (g) |
banana crickets per day (pcs) |
house crickets per day (pcs) |
small house crickets per day (pcs) |
large marbled roaches per day (abdomen pieces) |
small whole marbled roaches (pcs) |
| 10-16 | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 17-20 | 18 | 54 | 90 | 180 | 72 | 144 |
| 21-38 | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 39-45 | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| If you add up all days | 569 | 1707 | 2845 | 5690 | 2276 | 4552 |
Detailed table with approximate chick weight by day
| chick age (days) |
Approximate chick weight (g) |
Required food amount per day (g) |
banana crickets per day (pcs) |
house crickets per day (pcs) |
small house crickets per day (pcs) |
large marbled roaches per day (abdomen pieces) |
small whole marbled roaches (pcs) |
| 10 | 23,5 (15,5−31,1) | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 11 | * | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 12 | 28,5 (24,2−34,2) | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 13 | 28,5 (24,2−34,2) | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 14 | 28,0 (17,5−38,0) | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 15 | 33,0(28,5−37,8) | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 16 | 35,5(26,6−45,0) | 20 | 60 | 100 | 200 | 80 | 160 |
| 17 | * | 18 | 54 | 90 | 180 | 72 | 144 |
| 18 | 37,5(32,5−43,0) | 18 | 54 | 90 | 180 | 72 | 144 |
| 19 | * | 18 | 54 | 90 | 180 | 72 | 144 |
| 20 | 40,0 (31,5−48,0) | 18 | 54 | 90 | 180 | 72 | 144 |
| 21 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 22 | 43,5 (35,7−51,0) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 23 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 24 | 42,0 (30,8−52,2) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 25 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 26 | 44,5 (37,7−51,0) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 27 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 28 | 47,5 (45,3−49,4) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 29 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 30 | 45,5 (40,5−49,0) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 31 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 32 | 45,3 (37,0−50,5) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 33 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 34 | 44,0 (37,5−51,0) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 35 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 36 | 47,5 (40,5−54,2) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 37 | * | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 38 | 43,0 (34,5−47,5) | 15 | 45 | 75 | 150 | 60 | 120 |
| 39 | * | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| 40 | * | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| 41 | 43,0 (37,0−46,7) | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| 42 | * | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| 43 | | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| 44 | * | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| 45 | * | 12 | 36 | 60 | 120 | 48 | 96 |
| TOTAL | | 569 | 1707 | 2845 | 5690 | 2276 | 4552 |