Chicken was attacked by a coyote and I feel guilty

[EggSighted4Life]

I'm sorry for the losses
i just had it happen yesterday. the coyotes wiped out my barred rock flock

Sorry for your loss also.

 

[Jase The Butcher]

Sorry for your loss also.

thanks

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

I'm sorry that this has happened.

You are not the only one who has had this happen to them. I closed up my coop and everything one night but we didn't have locks on one of the openings. A racoon go into the coop and mauled ten of my chickens. I still feel responsible to this day but we have nailed that opening shut and we will never make that same mistake again.

I hope you feel better soon!

 

[Jase The Butcher]

I'm sorry that this has happened.

You are not the only one who has had this happen to them. I closed up my coop and everything one night but we didn't have locks on one of the openings. A racoon go into the coop and mauled ten of my chickens. I still feel responsible to this day but we have nailed that opening shut and we will never make that same mistake again.

I hope you feel better soon!

it sure does suck to loose chickens to coyotes. just yesterday i got reduced to square one after they took that barred rock flock from me

 

[Hteeter2]

One time when I wasn't feeling good; I counted on my family to bring in my chicks. I had a pen for them on the grass for during the day, but I always put them in the brooder box at night. Later that night woke up... I looked outside to see my babies still in their pen. Even though I trusted some to do it for me; l felt guilty about them being out there so late. I rushed out, and got them in their brooder box. They were fine, but I felt really bad about it. Sick or not I was responsible for taking care of them; I had a time getting back to sleep that night. Those girls are grown hens today.

 

[JedJackson]

I was in bed getting a good sleep until my sister comes in the room and tells me that there's a coyote in the yard, and it has one of the chickens in his mouth. I got up quickly and ran, by the time I got out the coyote already escaped under the fence with the chicken under his mouth, That chicken was the most sweetest chicken ever, She was the type to follow me around and was hostile with the other chickens. Now what I'm guilty about is that I didn't close the pin doors last night meaning the coyote got in easily because it was my fault.

Yup My fault and I Have to live with this guilt until I'm in my death-bed. Now why I'm writing this is because I don't want to feel like I'm the only guilty person in this world who made a terrible mistake and technically murdered her chicken.

'To err is human; to forgive, divine.' In this case you need to forgive yourself. Just about anyone who has raised chickens has had a similar experience. Like other posters have said, you learn from you mistakes and become better through them.

 

[Twoleggedmotherhen]

So sorry for your loss. Don't beat yourself up, it happens. A tough lesson to learn from. Keep in mind coyotes can and will strike at any time of day or night. I agree with others it will be back and if you won't get in trouble shoot it.