Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. WoW! What a night!
It's over and everyone walked away ALIVE!!!! Thank goodness! It ended late last night after a barrage of gun fire that must have went on for 30+ minutes. We did finally find out it was not or very beloved neighbor, but a man that our neighbor rents a piece of his property to down on the river. The renter just went off the deep end, but the deep end happened to be at my neighbors house where the renter took hostages. I wish that when the authorities had initially came to tell us what was going on and put us on lockdown that they would have told us the truth and not left us sitting here thinking the entire time it was our dear neighbor. WoW! That was one hairy situation that I NEVER want to see again, let alone be next door whilst it is happening. I still don't think that my brain has fully wrapped itself around what really happened. Our most wonderful neighbor and his family are doing well. Thank you all again.
Math~
This hen is 2 years old. The day before she was out eating scratching and playing with everyone else, though I did notice that she put herself to bed pretty early that evening and she didn't go out and get any treats that I always toss for them just before bedtime to get them to go in the coop. I did pet her while she was on the perch and she was acting normal.
Egg bound- I noticed yesterday morning when I went out to feed and water that she was standing all hunched up in her nest box. Hunched up like when they stand up and push just before they lay their egg. At first glance I knew she wasn't laying an egg but rather she wasn't feeling well, I could see it in her face. She was kinda puffed up in the feathers and at one point tucked her head behind her wing and just stood there all hunched and would not move. After I watched her for about 10 minutes I knew she egg bound. I gently took her out of the nest box and felt her tummy. I could feel the egg there and she seemed to relax just a bit as I was very gently running my hand around. She is not in her coop with anyone she is in the extra brooder not being used in a nice heated chicken trailer that I found on craigslist for FREE that I gutted then revamped and turned into a grow out pen with run, 2 big brooders and storage for all of my feed and sundries. I have not been able to check on her since last night just after my last post. I am headed out there just as soon as it is light enough to see. Kimmee can't see in the dark......not one little bit.
It's over and everyone walked away ALIVE!!!! Thank goodness! It ended late last night after a barrage of gun fire that must have went on for 30+ minutes. We did finally find out it was not or very beloved neighbor, but a man that our neighbor rents a piece of his property to down on the river. The renter just went off the deep end, but the deep end happened to be at my neighbors house where the renter took hostages. I wish that when the authorities had initially came to tell us what was going on and put us on lockdown that they would have told us the truth and not left us sitting here thinking the entire time it was our dear neighbor. WoW! That was one hairy situation that I NEVER want to see again, let alone be next door whilst it is happening. I still don't think that my brain has fully wrapped itself around what really happened. Our most wonderful neighbor and his family are doing well. Thank you all again.
Math~
This hen is 2 years old. The day before she was out eating scratching and playing with everyone else, though I did notice that she put herself to bed pretty early that evening and she didn't go out and get any treats that I always toss for them just before bedtime to get them to go in the coop. I did pet her while she was on the perch and she was acting normal.
Egg bound- I noticed yesterday morning when I went out to feed and water that she was standing all hunched up in her nest box. Hunched up like when they stand up and push just before they lay their egg. At first glance I knew she wasn't laying an egg but rather she wasn't feeling well, I could see it in her face. She was kinda puffed up in the feathers and at one point tucked her head behind her wing and just stood there all hunched and would not move. After I watched her for about 10 minutes I knew she egg bound. I gently took her out of the nest box and felt her tummy. I could feel the egg there and she seemed to relax just a bit as I was very gently running my hand around. She is not in her coop with anyone she is in the extra brooder not being used in a nice heated chicken trailer that I found on craigslist for FREE that I gutted then revamped and turned into a grow out pen with run, 2 big brooders and storage for all of my feed and sundries. I have not been able to check on her since last night just after my last post. I am headed out there just as soon as it is light enough to see. Kimmee can't see in the dark......not one little bit.
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