I am sad tonight. I got a call from my Dad (who I still live with [I'm 21]) saying that my Sebright Bantam and Rouen duckling, who are both only a couple weeks old, died tonight. I just lost my baby Silkie of the same age a couple days ago from natural costs, which was a bummer. But this? Not natural, which makes it way more sad to me. We are working on redoing the coop (more the run, putting different fencing around it and a tin roof over it), and while I was at work, him and his (divorcee of 5 different men) new cowgirl girlfriend were tearing down the old tree house to use the studs for the run. My dad was running an extension cord out of the coop, leaving the swinging doors open. Side note** My coop is set up like this: You open the two swinging barn-like doors into the 'foyer' area. You can then go through two more latched screen doors into the actual coop part. In the foyer section, I have a galvanized cattle trough holding my baby chicks and ducky.
Anyways, So the main doors are wide open, and her little wiry, ugly, annoying dog gets in there and kills my little babies. UGH! This is after they already know she was interested in them, constantly scratching at the coop doors, and also biting my rabbit's feet through her hutch. But they just let the dog run around while they can't watch her, and I pay the price.
I said I don't want that dumb dog around anymore, and his girlfriend is all upset thinking she's not allowed to come over, which isn't what I said, though I wouldn't object. (We haven't got along well, obviously. The witch turned my dad into a whipped man paying for her horses food while we can't keep our internet on, and much different than he ever was.) The whole thing got turned back on me, though my animals NOR I did anything wrong.
He said I was overreacting and being immature, because they are just chickens and ducks. But I still cried...and I buried them, feeling a little better after actually putting them to 'rest.'
I mean, am I really just nuts, or would everyone be sad/mad about that? I don't have a legit pet like a dog, just a mean rabbit and a flock of birds now. They are my 'pets.' And I got all my chickens and ducks within the last month or so, so they are all still pretty young. I only have one little baby left: my white leghorn. She was depressed and jumped out of the trough and escaped a couple times since they died, and I thought for sure I wouldn't find her. BUT, she managed to squeak into the run both times...I'm not sure how exactly.
I don't know. Sorry about the waste of your time. I just needed to rant.
Anyways, So the main doors are wide open, and her little wiry, ugly, annoying dog gets in there and kills my little babies. UGH! This is after they already know she was interested in them, constantly scratching at the coop doors, and also biting my rabbit's feet through her hutch. But they just let the dog run around while they can't watch her, and I pay the price.
I said I don't want that dumb dog around anymore, and his girlfriend is all upset thinking she's not allowed to come over, which isn't what I said, though I wouldn't object. (We haven't got along well, obviously. The witch turned my dad into a whipped man paying for her horses food while we can't keep our internet on, and much different than he ever was.) The whole thing got turned back on me, though my animals NOR I did anything wrong.
He said I was overreacting and being immature, because they are just chickens and ducks. But I still cried...and I buried them, feeling a little better after actually putting them to 'rest.'
I mean, am I really just nuts, or would everyone be sad/mad about that? I don't have a legit pet like a dog, just a mean rabbit and a flock of birds now. They are my 'pets.' And I got all my chickens and ducks within the last month or so, so they are all still pretty young. I only have one little baby left: my white leghorn. She was depressed and jumped out of the trough and escaped a couple times since they died, and I thought for sure I wouldn't find her. BUT, she managed to squeak into the run both times...I'm not sure how exactly.
I don't know. Sorry about the waste of your time. I just needed to rant.