Caila
Chirping
- May 5, 2022
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Hello, I am new here and am having a pretty bad morning. We are new to raising and caring for chickens. I've had 4 hens and a rooster for several months now, and we recently hatched 6 eggs in an incubator over Easter weekend. I was so excited, and watched many of them making their way out of their eggs into the world. They have been so much fun and so personable. We have been keeping them on the front porch in a brooder tent with a heater plate surrounded by a baby fence.
This morning, I was changing the baby, and when I sat down to feed him, I heard louder chirps than normal. When I opened the front door, my black lab was standing on the brooder tent. I got her off and locked her up. When I came back to check on them, 4 of the 6 were dead. I have never even seen the dog put her paws up on the gate to look in and foolishly didn't think she would jump in there. I buried the 4 and moved the surviving 2 to a metal dog cage with the baby gate surrounding it in the fenced chicken yard. We were going to move everyone out there on Saturday.
I am heartbroken, and feeling so much guilt. I feel like I don't deserve to care for any of them.
This morning, I was changing the baby, and when I sat down to feed him, I heard louder chirps than normal. When I opened the front door, my black lab was standing on the brooder tent. I got her off and locked her up. When I came back to check on them, 4 of the 6 were dead. I have never even seen the dog put her paws up on the gate to look in and foolishly didn't think she would jump in there. I buried the 4 and moved the surviving 2 to a metal dog cage with the baby gate surrounding it in the fenced chicken yard. We were going to move everyone out there on Saturday.
I am heartbroken, and feeling so much guilt. I feel like I don't deserve to care for any of them.