Do you cry when they die?

[Akane]

I've had pets my whole life. I've buried a hell of a lot of them along with various wildlife we've tried to rescue. I've learned to do the best I can with the knowledge I have and not to regret it. You can't do the what ifs. They won't help you. They won't save anything. It will only make you second guess and hesitate later when you should act. Then you'll only feel worse. You just have to take what you learn by one dying and use it to save the next one.. and the next one... and the next one... There are a few pets I might cry over but usually I just put my energy into the ones I have left.

2 chicks out of 24eggs. There are soooo many things I did wrong. I know I did everything I could though. I read everything, I measured everything (I even looked into an oxygen meter but too expensive and not accurate enough), I recorded everything.... I made mistakes but I don't regret anything I did cause I did all I could. If I don't do better or learn from my mistakes then I will cry.

 

[cthrash1]

I'm so sorry you lost your baby...Yes I cry, I lost 4 this week, found out yesterday when I opened them and they were dead, they were late. Cried off and on all afternoon.

 

[Jennyhaschicks]

I am new to this. We hatched our first batch in May. Of course we have lost a couple being a newbie. I don't cry. I DO dwell on it for days maybe weeks and tear up though.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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Well said, Akane...

 

[SusanJoM]

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Well said, Akane...

VERY well said!!!!

Susan

 

[Davaroo]

Ive watched chicks kill, eviscerate and try to eat one of their own weaker flock mates.
It makes you a bit jaded to what else happens, you know?

 

[Solsken Farm]

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Davaroo, I am watching yoo.

I am going to vote right now.

I feel badly whenever most anything dies, except mosquitos and flies..... You did your best, and that is all you can do.

 

[Davaroo]

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Oh, please do!

But its true about the chicks. I was shocked when it happened. I had not REALLY looked at them with understanding until then. It changed my entire outlook, to be honest. And so, without further ado:

Call them babies, cutsies or whatever suits you. Use all the smilies allowed

and put them in all the diapers you want.

The fact remains that there is little feel-good sugar coating going on the hen yard. Indeed, "The Chickens World is a Savage Place." You can quote me on that.

 

[fallenweeble]

it's always sad when our little ones don't make it. most of us get sad i think. i had one that passed last week and i posted the little story just lookin' for hugs cause i was sad. i'm very sorry for your loss. and please don't be so hard on yourself. it is 'natural' for some chicks to die in the shell or right after hatching. it doesn't make it easier in an emotional sense but maybe keeping that in mind will help you be gentler to yourself.
hang in there and enjoy your new babies.

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

Thanks all - I've lost a couple more since then and I'm ok. The first one was hard but it's just the way things go sometimes.