Farewell, I'm Finished

[chuckzoo]

So sorry that happened to you.

I trust time will heal and you will feel differently later on.

Jenny

 

[wolftracks]

Please don't give up.

Maybe some of us can help restock you once you get the coop more secure.

I just got my first egg of the year, so looks like I'll be hatching soon with my own eggs.

I could send you either eggs or get some chicks up to you.

Maybe my Marans I just set will actually hatch. If so maybe we can Egg Train s couple of them.

 

[mrsengeseth]

Please, don't give up if it's not what in your heart you really want. Back away for a little bit to recover from the loss, maybe reevaluate the weaknesses uncovered by the dog (and maybe concider charging the dogs owner for the lost birds if you can). Chicken people are really great and it coulds like there are people willing to help you get on your feet again...chicken wise.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

I am so sorry for your pain

Please do not leave us just because your birds are gone, give yourself time to grieve and then hopefully come back.


I am willing to help you out with eggs also - or chickens if we can get the train together that Wolftrack spoke about.

 

[babalubird]

Some animals are just too fragile and short-lived to make good pets. I know. I used to raise rabbits for the pet market and had some as personal pets, even a couple of "house rabbits". Much like chickens, they just live long enough to break your heart. I guess that's why they were intended as part of our food supply instead of ever becoming very popular as pets. We have dogs, cats, parrots, etc. for that.

I understand your pain, as I am also one who gets too attached to my animals. But faced with the realities of trying to make the farm pay, I have had to put these things in perspective and the chickens and rabbits, this time, will not have names and will be there to provide meat and eggs. I will not allow myself to think of them as pets again and will maintain a certain emotional distance. I can give them the best life possible for the time they are here, without investing my emotions on so personal a note as pets manage to take.

I am so sorry for your loss, and I hope you will also change your mind and try again, but perhaps this time, protect your heart a bit by keeping them for the eggs and whatever they can provide for you rather than get so very attached. It just doesn't pay on animals that are so ingrained into every other critter's food chain.

Don't go away. Stay, learn and try again.

Again, I do understand and only say what I said because I also learned the hard way I can't handle the attachment to them and the cost that attachment has always cost me.

Connie

 

[gardeningsis]

I understand your pain and am so sorry. Years back I lost a whole flock in one night. Please don't give up. Give it a little time and trust me, it will be better. I learned what needed to be done and I am so glad I tried again.

 

[goldeneggtees]

That is so awful!!! I was in the coop this morning just spending time with my hens. I have two girls who literally jump into my lap and fight each for who gets to be closer, it's soo sweet. My coop could easily be broken into too by a stray dog. We are planning to reinforce fencing in the spring as we can't even do so now because of all the snow. I'd be devastated if something happened to them.

I'm so sorry for the loss of your hens.

 

[france]

 

[FireTigeris]

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I have pet rats, that's a heartbreak too, just three years.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I'm so sorry! Usually heavy plywood keeps most things out, other than bears. That was one determined dog. If you ever change your mind, try some electric fencing around the coop and run. You could also try a baby monitor, so that if something happens in the middle of the night, you hear it.