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[Irajoe]

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[AmazinglyBlessed]

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Neighbor didn't pay attention to her 5(?) yo kid. The kid came up and shook the door to the coop until the latch broke. Dogs stampeeded past, and took out the chickens.

We left for church at 9, came back after Sunday school at 11, since I wasn't feeling well. DH saw the carnage, and (gently) confronted the kid--at that age, yelling wouldn't help. She admitted that she came up to "pet the chickens" and that her dogs went in and killed them all.

I'll post some pictures after I read up on how to do so.

An update on the hatchlings: the one that started pipping dried out--18 hours after, it hadn't even gotten half-way around. I helped zip it out, but after another hour or so, it wasn't doing anything but breathe. I wet the membrane, and it pushed out. Mamma started pecking at it, so it went to evening church service and Walmart (to get a heater; the old one quit after the third batch). If "Rocky" makes it a couple days, we'll try giving it back to mamma.