I am getting tired of this!

[lilchick]

Most days I enjoy taking care of my chickens.... This a.m. I lost a little oegb pullet that I had tried to introduce into a small flock. Yesterday she sat alone and seemed scared. This a.m. I found her curled up in corner dead! I buried her with tears running down my face...
Some days I get to where it is just not worth the heartache of raising them. Anyone out there feel my pain?

 

[MareeZoCool]

So sorry for your loss! What breed was the flock? Maybe a sectioned-off area to introduce new members for the first day B4 joining the open group?

 

[Marie1234]

I think many people who have animals, any kind of animals, have had days like this. I had to bury 14 piglets once because the mother had killed them. It stinks. And then you have a cup of coffee and get on with taking care of the animals you have assumed responsibility for and hope that the next day will be a little better.
So yes, today we will feel your pain, and when you have a day when things go well we will be genuinely happy for you.

 

[lotzahenz]

Sorry for your little poulet. It is just part of the cycle. I had to put a horse down this week, was so very hard to do, and chickens being rather fragile creatures, especially in the dark, they are often found dead on a farm as well. It is a battle to keep those birds safe all the time. But the love of being the caretaker, in good and bad is what it's about. Don't give up.

 

[PhilErvin]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I am a 55 year old man and still feal pain when one of my little ones dies or gets sick. I guess that's the way God wired us...

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

I feel your pain. Found a 6 month old cockerel I raised from the egg dead this morning. I cant figure it out they were healthy and eating fine yesterday and wham dead this morning. He isnt the first in that pen so I took the last 2 pullets out of there and put them in with one of my older breeding pens. I am going to sterilize that pen and check every corner of it before I put something else in there. I know they are not sick as they have absolutely no symptoms. I am wondering if its a poisonous snake getting in there. Its that time of year here where they are moving.

 

[dawg53]

lilchick, dont throw in the towel yet! we've all had setbacks, including me. it breaks my heart every time i have to bury a pet. Sugar Sand Farm, i hear you. i've lost quite a few chicks and pullets to snakes, albeit non poisonous snakes. i live just north of jax.

 

[Penturner]

Lilchick, I grew up around animals. I am now 48 years old. My heart still breaks over every loss. But I never consider giving up on keeping animals. Part of the reason for that is I don't consider the heart ache of loss or disappointment of set backs to be something unbearable. In fact it is all part of a process that as a whole is a benefit to myself and my life. I am a better person for both the joyful moments I have spent with my family watching a chick hatch at 12;30 in the morning. I am also a better person for never refusing to let death hurt. I am a better person for standing up and going again as well. To me it is like my children. At what point can they become to sick, to selfish, to hurtful for me to forgive and carry on as their greatest defender and provider. My hope is only for their well being regardless of the expense to myself. For me it is not a matter of the good times versus the bad times, it is all rolled up as an experience. One that is well worth it for me. The pluses far out weigh the negatives for me. Any individual day has both joy and heart ache. It has to be so because I have to care enough to be interested in keeping chickens in the first place.

 

[rancher hicks]

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Yes as a matter of fact I do. I've had to cull 4 over the year. 2 chicks and 2 hens. Well one my SIL did one. There are days I just want to sell them all. I don't want pets of any kind. Then I use my imagination and give them the emotion of caring and think "Ya know they are happy and well taken care of at least for the time they have on this earth. They would be glad for themselves and their coop mates" Lots of abused and neglected chickens out there. Troubled times make me pick them up and cuddle and I appreciate them all the more. Besides nothing wrong with crying it just shows you care and they were loved. Crying is good for the soul.
I am sorry for your loss.

 

[Ms~Silkie~Girl]

im so sorry