The first step in farming crickets is to either catch some or buy them in a store. If you buy them in a store they are less likely to have diseases. If you catch them in the wild, you want that ones hardest to catch, and you'll need to check them for mites, You will probably need 20-50 of them depending on the size of your container. Make sure you have a mix of males and females. You can see a picture of a female cricket here.
