"gambling" with fate to defend my eggs' life (he/she make it!!!!)

[Chickenaddict]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250640&p=1

He is ok

 

[chickenmeadow]

Chickenaddict, thank you for providing the link to Mulia's reply that he's ok. We were all panicking.

 

[mulia24]

arghh, glad to see you all again, yes, i'm really much ok, no damage in my province at all, but yes, always power outages everyday, i've too tired of power outages for years.

both telephone line or internet or everything is all right here.

the real damage happen in west sumatra, thousands houses become ruins in seconds. such a terrible thing happen there, and here, i just feel a little shake when it happen.

and i heard of tsunami happen at samoa island, many were died there i heard, i'm sending my prayer to those suffered there. hope everything will soon be recovered.

but, i have bad news again on my flock, i'm too sad to tell you this, POD has been killed by my dog, i put her inside a brooder and the dog break his chain (third chains this month) when i'm away and hit the brooder . all i found when i came home yesterday night is an empty damage brooder and the dog on the loose with broken chain still attached. and since i have no coyote or whatever kind of predator here, i take a conclusion that the ungrateful dog killed her, i speak nothing, i just get the wood and gave him an unforgettable lesson for him.

i've search the ground but i can't find her anymore and since my backyard walled by 2,5 metres wall, i do have a reason to accuse him as the killer.

i have lost 2 this week, 1 chick and 1 duck, i learn from my mistake putting POD on backyard inside brooder but not too heavily defended against strong animal like my dog, i promise POD will be the last victim of my dog, i'll give much better protection to my 8 chicks if i need to put them at backyard.

can't tell much, too tired and disappointed by my dog, tired of work and college.

i absolutely want to say thank you for everyone that have been caring much about my safety due to earthquake happen here. thank you so much.

 

[froggie71]

So sorry to hear about POD and your other chick.

 

[wegotchickens]

Wow, sorry to hear about POD.

Just read that another earthquake was felt in Sumatra. I really feel for your country going through all this!

Glad to know you are okay.
Glad you didn't set more eggs yet, since the earthquake troubles might've killed them.

I'm sorry you are so tired and disappointed with college and work. Hang in there, okay? We're all sending good thoughts and prayers your way!

 

[tomato lady]

Mulia,

Sorry to hear about POD.

I can understand why you are discouraged with school and work. Don't give up. I have a daughter who went to school in her 40s. She had 5 children. She worked while she went to school. It was very difficult and there were times when I know she was very tired and discouraged. Last June she graduated with her BA (4 year degree). She was 45 years old.

School can be hard, especially when you have to work too. When you add the sadness of having a disaster in your country and sadness at home it can seem overwhelming. But, I know you can do it. I can tell that you are very intellegent and have a desire to learn.

 

[FenDruadin]

Awwwww

I am so sad about POD. Everything you put into that little duck, just to have her killed by a dog. I am so, so sorry.

The only silver lining I can see is that hopefully you will have better success with future hatches as you've learned and made better equipment and so on. Little POD has moved on to new adventures, as I always tell my children. And I really do believe it.

We had a goose killed today by a neighborhood dog. We are a little sad about it, though not as sad even as I am about POD. I feel like we all really got to know him through your whole incubating ordeal. He was such a little miracle!

I feel a little bad too, because I know I told you it would be okay to put POD in the backyard during the day now. If I had said to keep him indoors despite his stinkiness, he'd still be with us.

Anyway, don't beat yourself (or the dog!) up too much over it. Your dog doesn't know he's doing wrong--he just acts on instinct. And you did the best you could--we all lose things & critters (and, sadly, even people) we love from time to time, and all we can do is grieve, and then move forward.

I am glad you and your family are safe, and of course my prayers go out to everyone affected by the natural disasters too. Take care.

 

[mulia24]

@ froggie71 : thank you froggie. hope they can feel peace after fight a long hard trail as long as they were live with me in power outages country.


@ wegotchickens : thank you, many tasks given by lecture, give me a very little time to spend with *flock* on BYC and many works to do. and i really glad that no effect of earthquake happen here, just a little shake happen. even no flock @ my backyard realize what happen.

@ tomato lady : thank you for giving me a *light*. i just keep on this way, never think to out of the line. and congratulation on graduation for your daughter, glad i'm still young to have my education and work in same time.

@ imcuriositycat : thank you heather and i feel sorry for your goose, they're strong big kind of *duck*. yes, i think POD is the most important part of my project since she's my first experience in hatching in this bad power outages country, even i'm the man who *pulled* her gently and crack all part of the egg to help her out.

oh, don't mention it, that's not your fault, that's mine cause i complain about the stinkiness. and there's no use of regret since regret always come later, all we can do is learn from mistake.

yes,i've forgive my dog, he is still the best guard in my house, no one more honest than my dog in my backyard (he never honest when steal my fish tough

)
thank you again heather.

 

[wegotchickens]

Haven't heard from you in a while, Mulia. Hope things are going more smoothly for you and the chicks!

I set eggs myself 10/1. I told myself I would wait until the 10th to candle them, but I don't think I can be that patient. If tonight is a quiet night at home, I may candle them

 

[mulia24]

thank wegotchickens, i think it's smooth enough for my chicks but not too for me, many task and work to done but of course the flock never have their stomach out of feed

i never neglect their necessary even in busy time.

the remaining 8 chickens is much much bigger now, the little feet is now not too safe anymore, they can scratch me like ground soil with their sharp long nail.

as i read in BYC "first 60 days" i need to play with them when they're young to make them used to people. but haven't got much time for that except just change their drink and add feed everyday. i have doubled the size of the brooder by adding another cardboard box with the same size and make *a tunnel* so they can move freely to which brooder they like, never think to divided them, since i know that it will be *deathly* to introduce them each other when they're adult later.


even my black hen till now can't safely joined the flock, the two senior girls try to kill her whenever i get her inside, i have make a cage next to the coop so the 2 girls can see her and can't attack her but till 1 month now they still try to kill the black one whenever i try to integrate them. have seen some introducing way in BYC section but still i don't think that's rational enough.

and holy cricket (is that expression to show shocked?

) one of the chicks crow in 2nd weeks, i still confused how he (i think he is a roo of course) could manage that? but the crow is still far from perfect crow like my roos at backyard, and unfortunately he's the smaller/thinner chick if compared to 7 other. i think roo usually bigger and fatter like my roos at backyard and how this one is smaller and thinner. i still can't identify if the chicks are hen/roo, except that one i think.

i'm sorry to ranting (is that still right word?) here wegotchickens since i don't have anyone to share problem or idea about my flock (no one of my friend or family want to know or care about chicken, all they know is eating fried chicken or boiled egg

)

and i will post the newest pics of them and the brooder (maybe) tomorrow. and i hate to say this, my hens don't lay frequent, even i can have a week without eating egg.

i don't understand how people in BYC manage to have their hen keep laying even without light stimulation. i have 2 laying hens and 1 just started laying about a week ago. maybe i can earn idea how to have them laying almost everyday without light simulation? and whenever i give them egg shell they won't lay for about 3 days, what the... problem, problem and problem and the roo still can't do his job well.

by the way, is 10/1 means you set them on 1st october? then today would be the 8th days, wishing luck to you wegotchickens, can't wait to see those little fluffy come out of the shell.

edited to add at 10th october 09 :

as promised, new pics.


two cardboard box *joined* into 1, more space now.

from above view, adding metal stick to let them learn roosting.

*tunnel* to let them choose and go into which box is more comfortable for them.

the most beauty (according to me)

i do thing this one is a roo, (s)he is crowing many times a day and of course not yet perfect crow.
right view

front view

alright, lets hear from you all.