If they tortured animals, there really should have been a police report! That sort of thing should be in someone's permanent records. Torturing animals for "fun" seems to be a first step in violence in later years, right? I mean slaughter for a purpose is one thing, but torture for their own...
Congratulations! I was just up candling and saw your post...Marans and Welsummers are so dark that they seem hard to hatch so kudos to you, you must have done an awesome job incubating . Did you do dry incubation? I'm trying that this time with some Barnevelder eggs and have 27 of 30...
I like this article...maybe you would find it interesting too if you haven't already seen it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/incubation-cheat-sheet
Razadia, that sounds like way to stressful of a start to your day! I hope the rest goes better. It's great that you saved the eggs and I hope you get a chance to kick back and do something more relaxing for the rest of the day.
It's good that you still have so many babies growing! Isn't it crazy how the post office handles egg packages? We got some and the eggs were cracked on the TOP of the box...and judging by how many grew, they were the lucky ones...Much luck to you on this hatch!
You have the patience of a saint! That Craigslist lady doesn't know how lucky she was. Have you ever watched The IT Crowd from the BBC? "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?"