Cousins ticking me off! plus poor baby chicks have to suffer!

[ams4776]

Tell her you cant watch em and let her folks figure it out. If mom agreed to her having em then she can step up (i sure would and kinda do) if she wont listen to advice wash your hands of it and dont hatch anymore chicks for her. Shr may come home to no chickens if they are more then her mom wants to deal with but she is not your responsibility.

 

[CrazyChickensEverwhere]

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thanks for the advice. I already agreed a while back, Plus I would feel bad if I said no because when I had pneumonia and a double ear infection she helped me. But I guess it threw me off because she already confirmed her dad she will be comming for the summer before asking me to take care of her chickens.

 

[ams4776]

Watch what you let her get away with. It most likely will get worse years to come. Family can be worse at taking advantage then friends. At least find out if her mom will be around cuz you dont wanna lose your summer either.

 

[CrazyChickensEverwhere]

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Yeah, But the first thing I said is " if I am watching you chickens for 2 weeks straight you better ALWAYS have feed availible" she said "I will" lets see about that..... I have had to already had to borrow her 2 days worth of feed because she ran out. Which I diddent mind, as long as she does not do that to me a lot, because I can't afford her chickens plus mine. Well to be exact my mom and me do half on the feedbill because she wants me to get into the habbit of paying for my hobby since shes not going to be with me my whole life paying half the bill.

About the family taking advantage thing, she does tend to try to, sometimes I tend to give her the brutely truth when shes out of line, other times I try to be nice.

 

[debilorrah]

While she gone, why don't you just relocate most of the hens to your place?

Yeah, I think that way.

 

[CrazyChickensEverwhere]

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I would but all my cages are taken up, and her flock isnt fully treated for lice, and possible cocci. She treated the chickens once for lice, but never did the second treatment.

But thanks. That was a good idea

 

[cassie]

I don't understand why you don't just tell her you are unable to babysit her chickens when she goes out of town. As ti si you are just enabling her and allwoing her to get out of responsibility that is righfully hers. The ability to say no will stand you in good stead all the rest of your life. Start practicing now. Turn a deaf ear to her hissy fit.

 

[Stacykins]

Ahh, while you are watching them there could be a "fox attack". Yea, right, a fox attack

 

[thekid]

the kid should take care of the birds not the parent unless the parents choose to. The only time a parent should take care of a animal is when the kid is super young like 8 and gets a animal, a 13 year old can take care of her own animals. If I could do it in the sixth grade when i got a rabbit she could do that

 

[ams4776]

Thekid id agree with you but so many parents dont bother teaching their kids to be responsible. Hell my 37 yr old sil decided to no longer take care of her goats and her folks are.doing it for her. She wanted em not them they still dont like em but.... thats why i say step out and let her and her folks figure it out