I am so SAD! :(

texas_chick

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I had to give our favorite chicken away today because she turned out to be a rooster.
My son (he's almost 3 years old) had raised him from the time he was 2 days old.
All of our chickens are fairly tame but this was the one that would sit down on our lap to be petted and I loved that.
I explained to my son that 'Baby' would be keeping another lonely chicken company and he would live in a big field where he could be as noisy as he wanted to be.
But for a whole hour before he finally went to sleep he was talking about how he wanted to have Baby back.
I want Baby back too but we'd just get in trouble with the HOA.
The people Baby went to have chickens but no rooster. They had RIR rooster and gave them away because they were attacking the kids.
The little girl seemed very nice but the little boy was talking about how he had chased the roosters and then they started pecking him.
I strongly believe that you can make most any animal mean if you pester it enough.
They wanted Baby to have a gentle rooster.
I so would hate for Baby to be chased and teased and turn mean.
Even my toddler knows to be nice to animals.
And now he is heartbroken because I gave our chicken away!
 
Oh I am sorry, especially for your son. It is so hard on them to understand. They understand that they love the chicken and that is that. They could care less if it crows or lays an egg. Bless his heart.

Baby will be fine. Hopefully the little girl will set her brother straight or the mother will.
 
So sorry, Karin --
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Tough thing to do - sounds like you are doing a great job of helping your son work through this.
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Baby will be so happy to have a field full of hens - and to be the only roo!!!!
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We sure do get attached to our chickens. We had a rooster that I had to rehome, because of the noise, where I live, I can't even have ONE chicken, shhhhh! He was my 10y/o daughter's chicken. She was not happy, because we had another rooster my son's MIL found in Boca Raton, of all places, in the middle of the street! He became my daughter's too. She said to me, why do I always have to give away my chickens. Yeah, it doesn't make you feel any better, I know, especially when you become attached, like you have, and we were. I know the woman we gave ours to, said she was looking for a nice rooster for her hens. Hopefully, your chicken and my chicken will be okay.
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Give your little one a hug for me, I feel for the poor little guy. Baby was his friend.
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I feel like I let him down.
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It was ME who really wanted chickens.
And I knew there was a chance that the sexing wouldn't work out 100%.
I should have known that there was a chance we might have to rehome one. Maybe it would have been better to not bring any chickens home than to introduce him to chickens and then give one away.
We've never given anything away. Once the pets are here they're here until they're old and grey...
 
I know, and you wouldn't have given him away, but your HOA would have given you a real hard time, thats the only reason you did it. I know it hurts you, because you are the one to have to find him a home. I feel bad for your little guy too. Unfortunately, sexing of chicks isn't 100%, and this is what happens. Sounds like you all are real animal lovers, like this family.
 

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