- May 15, 2016
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Hello,
I have a little problem and was hoping for any ideas. Last year a Silkie hen I bought turned out to be a cockerel. My kids 8 and 6 years have become pretty fond of him. It's not the first time it's happened and my breeder is always happy to take cockerels, the problem is the idea of sending him back brings my son to tears. For this reason we have kept him, however lately he has been waking my husband up at 4am, this is a problem as he already gets up at 5am so really needs a good night sleep. He's now had about 4 weeks of disturbed nights and is looking run down. He wouldn't demand I get rid of the cockerel but I really think I should put his health first. So here's the thing, what do I say to the kids? If I say I am getting rid of him because Daddy can't sleep, they'll think we are mean, I also don't want my husband to take the blame, he only sees them at weekends. Hard to blame it on a fox as they live in a very fox proof enclosure. I have previously told them a Poland needed to be looked after by the breeder as she was unwell (needed to be put down). I was thinking I could say I have lent him to a Silkie breeder for a while but this isn't permanent enough. Aghh,, I know there are worse problems in life but if anyone has some imaginative/ creative suggestions, I would be very interested to hear them
Becs
I have a little problem and was hoping for any ideas. Last year a Silkie hen I bought turned out to be a cockerel. My kids 8 and 6 years have become pretty fond of him. It's not the first time it's happened and my breeder is always happy to take cockerels, the problem is the idea of sending him back brings my son to tears. For this reason we have kept him, however lately he has been waking my husband up at 4am, this is a problem as he already gets up at 5am so really needs a good night sleep. He's now had about 4 weeks of disturbed nights and is looking run down. He wouldn't demand I get rid of the cockerel but I really think I should put his health first. So here's the thing, what do I say to the kids? If I say I am getting rid of him because Daddy can't sleep, they'll think we are mean, I also don't want my husband to take the blame, he only sees them at weekends. Hard to blame it on a fox as they live in a very fox proof enclosure. I have previously told them a Poland needed to be looked after by the breeder as she was unwell (needed to be put down). I was thinking I could say I have lent him to a Silkie breeder for a while but this isn't permanent enough. Aghh,, I know there are worse problems in life but if anyone has some imaginative/ creative suggestions, I would be very interested to hear them
Becs