Its GONE!

[Smartie_Pants]

I've been setting here crying for like 15 minutes now. I had a silkie go broody right after one of my chickens died and only one of the eggs she was on was fertile. It was a silkie mix and it would have hatched on my birthday. I went out to check on the eggs and she always steals one from the underside of the nest box. I got it and noticed the silkie egg was gone. I searched through all the straw in the box, the ground, everywhere. There is not even a piece of shell. Then I looked at the eggs under her again and saw there was yolk all over the other egg.

My mom said it might have been a raccoon or something, but if that was the case it would have taken her or all of the eggs. It must have been either her or another chicken. I am devestated because 2008 was terrible and so many bad things happened to me, and this little chick set to hatch on my birthday was going to kick off 2009, which I have decided to make the best year I've ever had.

I don't know what to do now because she's out there on a nest full of infertile eggs! What should I do? I don't supposed anyone relativly close has silkie, cochin, or ee hatching eggs for a reasonably low price do they? I thought about scraping all the eggs under her and putting in fresh ones, but I don't want any more of the breeds I have that are laying. (Golden Comets, Barred Rock, and a Partrige rock I can't breed due to a deformity in her egg tract.)

 

[Attack Chicken]

*hugs* I'm so sorry

 

[Smartie_Pants]

It might sound crazy that I cry over an egg, but I get really really really attached to my animals before they are even born. Animals are my passion and I am going to be a vet when I graduate.

 

[Smartie_Pants]

Plus it breaks my heart that she'll set out there for a month and end up with nothing. I don't know how chickens feel, but it seems like that would be the same thing as being pregnant for nine months and then having a still born baby.

 

[Bammony]

Quote:
Please don't think thatcrying over your animals is crazy. I cried for hours a few months ago when my favorite rooster died. He was a splash cochin. I LOVED that bird. Out of over 40 bird, he was my buddy. I usually burn my dead birds, but he was buried and I bawled like a baby the whole time.

I hope you feel better soon!

 

[Attack Chicken]

I know how you feel

I cried for hours when my Sandy died.

 

[Smartie_Pants]

Thanks you guys. Where I live, animals are nothing to people. I'll say something about one of my many handicapped animals and people will say I'm crazy for taking care of them. If I told anyone here I was crying over an animal, they would think I was certifiable.

 

[swtangel321]

You have other broodys sitting on eggs dont you ?? How many do they have ??

 

[spookyevilone]

I'm so sorry you lost your egg

I cried over mine when my #!%$!^%#$^ houseguest turned the powerstrip off the day before a hatch. It cost me the entire hatch and I bawled.

Here's to hoping the eggs surprise you or someone has extras for you!!
-Spooky

 

[Smartie_Pants]

She is the only one that's broody.