Devastated 4 year old

[cmom]

Some are just not meant to be. I have hatched out hundreds of chicks and most will make it and some won't. Look on the bright side. Good luck and have fun...

 

[Agathas]

He’s very content with the remaining, he’d even be happy if just 1 hatched. I guess I just had a “mom moment” of sadness for him.. no mom likes to see their baby with a broken heart. I’ve explained the entire process to him, shipped vs farm eggs, hatch rates, viability, etc but at 4 years old, he can only understand so much. In his eyes, at that age, regardless of education, that’s a huge loss. And I’m teaching him the value of money early on, so he knows how much he lost. But you’re right; he has to know that it won’t always work out, and focus on the ones we still have. Maybe after a few more hatches, he’ll get more “used to it.”

I'm 39 and I'll never get used to it. I'll cry every time. No matter what the animal is. But that makes a better person for animals. I wouldn't want someone watching my kids that have no heart or conscious. I went to a feed store here and the old fart of a guy had dead chicks in his brooder and he just reached in and threw them in the trash and I believe one wasn't all the way gone. I'm sure this guy was raised to not cry or feel and I walked out. If that's how you feel about your animals I dont wanna buy them and they be sick cause they didn't care they were just a animal or money to them. That's just my openion . Let him feel how he is gonna inside his little heart. That's what makes him human. We all should feel some kind of pain when anything dies. Good luck and he can understand and feel at the same time. We all show grief different ways. God bless