When crickets arrive, empty them out into 18 gal. bin (Walmart $5.00), place the egg cartons in the bin that come inside your box of crickets add cricket food and water crystal

clean any dead crickets out of your bin daily this will keep you crickets alive longer as they give off a gas that will kill the remaining crickets:  crickets have a 6 week live span from 1 week old (1/8 inch) to 6 week (large)