Looks ominous

Tracey is in charge of the chicks, I a got in a bit of trouble a while ago for accidentally turning off the incubator just as they hatched I didn't discover my mistake until one had died from the cold the other six were knocking on a door marked death. They soon rallied once they were back in the warm and it just shows how fragile these little creatures are. The slightest chill can be the death of them, usually they are tucked up inside the warm feathers of mother hen, but the incubator chicks don't have this head start. So when a couple of them jumped in the water bowl Tracey was worried they might catch a cold and die. Being the thoughtful person she is she wrapped them in my socks, put them in a lunchbox, covered them with a cloth and settled them on the Rayburn where they could be nice and toasty. She was a bit worried how quiet they were, not a cheep. Perhaps it was the strange cylinder next to their bed that gave them cause for concern, an ominous sign of things to come perhaps.