Does grandson count as predator?

[jenjscott]

Two minutes unobserved and my 2-1/2 yr old grand son went in the "chicken room", got my mini-brooder off the top of the other brooder, , and squashed my two brand new, just hatched silkie chicks.

Needless to say, both doors into the room now have locks on them.

 

[first time farmer]

Oh wow! I am so sorry! I will have to watch my little cuz!

 

[NancyDz]

that sux! Sorry! Glad you have locks now! Is there more hatching or where those your
only two silkies?


Nancy

 

[jenjscott]

I`ve got some more in the bator for the 27th, but I didn`t mark them, so I`m not sure how many are silkies. I have been marking them since then, and will have some known silkies in the next setting.

 

[FrChuckW]

Jen, sorry to hear about your loss. Minor children, especially those under 3 years old, can sometimes be a worse predator on baby chicks than furred or feathered or scaley type predators. I have let my neighbors children look at, but not touch, any of my babies without strict supervision. I had to learn the same lesson the hard way myself with some baby pigeons I had at one time when the neighbors kid snatched it out of my hands.

 

[SpottedCrow]

I'm so sorry...

I had one of the neighbour kids squish a hermit crab that we had as a pet...

 

[MarkR]

S., S. & S!

 

[eaganchickens]

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Quote:

I know sometimes we all feel this way

 

[newchickmom]

I have to watch my 20 month old grandson too. He has figured out he can reach the kitchen counter. If I have eggs too close to the edge, he likes to throw them on the floor to watch them break! He thinks it is so fun.