I keep reading sad stories of the chicks either getting lost in the mail, or not living a week after their arrival. I've worked so hard to get DH to agree to get chickens, and my kids are so excited, too. I'm so afraid I'm going to end up getting the brooder too hot, or too cold, or the run will have an Achilles heal somewhere and a predator we hadn't thought about will get in, or something else will happen.