Hello from Missouri!

[sannabelle]

Welcome! So sorry about the loss of your flock! Us Missourians get it rough with the flooding sometimes

 

[Windus]

Could they have jumped out and into a tree? Perhaps some survived....

We looked but they were locked up tight in the coop to keep them safe from the raccoons and foxes overnight. They could not have gotten out until the coop was smashed open and since chickens don't swim and that was a raging flood, I don't think any survived. We also lost a 17 year old cat that night. It wasn't good!

 

[cppeace]

That is definitely rough. Hopefully it never happens again.

 

[User395221]

I don't think any survived.

oh, I'm sure you're right, I was just wishing aloud that it happened differently, like in a movie instead of like in real life.

 

[Windus]

That is definitely rough. Hopefully it never happens again.

Thanks. All the other coops are on higher ground than that one was. But, when we got another flood warning a few nights later we were out there pulling all the chickens, ducks and turkeys out of the coops and putting them in the garage. Thankfully that was a much smaller flood and the water did not get that high the next time.

 

[Windus]

oh, I'm sure you're right, I was just wishing aloud that it happened differently, like in a movie instead of like in real life.

Believe me, I spent 2 days walking up and down the creek bed when the water receded calling them in the vain hope even one survived. They always came running when I called because I always had mealworms so they would have came if they heard me.

 

[User395221]

in the vain hope even one survived.

Missing is worse that "dead where you can see what happened". I don't know how people cope with missing people, it's bad enough when an animal goes missing and you can never be sure what happened.

 

[Windus]

Missing is worse that "dead where you can see what happened". I don't know how people cope with missing people, it's bad enough when an animal goes missing and you can never be sure what happened.

That is very true. Losing the chickens was bad enough but not knowing what happened to my 17 year old cat is worse. I have nightmares that he just go washed downstream and is wandering around lost and starving. I would rather he drowned than that, wish I would have found his body so I knew for sure. It will haunt me for a long time to come I am sure.

 

[sannabelle]

Oh no did he go missing in the same flood?

 

[User395221]

How long ago was it? Puss might have gone into hiding somewhere? (more wishful thinking)