Prayers & Good Thoughts for my younger flock *UPDATE, the eggs*

[gritsar]

Long story short, I can't talk about it right now or I'll start bawling all over again. Only my BYC family will understand.

We have been having severe storms for about 5 hours now.

Five cows busted down a fence. They annihilated my bigger, beautiful coop. Nestboxes smashed, feeders, waterers, broody crates, everything, gone!

I have one chicken dead, one 2 week old chick injured. I have a 7 week old chick trying her very best to mother 2 two week old chicks deep under the coop, in the mud. I tried for three hours to get them out (managed to get 5 out), before my DH literally had to drag me into the house. The thought of them falling prey to a predator tonight is more than I can stand.

I can't stop crying now. I won't sleep tonight.

Please good thoughts and prayers for my younger flock.

 

[Carols Clucks]

I am so sorry, those cows sure are making your life difficult!

 

[BrattishTaz]

I'm so sorry Gritty.

I hope the little ones stay safe through the night.

 

[redhen]

OH no!! Those very cows!! That guy HAS to do something about this!! Gah!!! Is he supposed to be fixing those fences or what??
I love cows..but .... man..theres a LIMIT!
I'm so so sorry

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[Kitt]

Oh Grit, I am soooo sorry.

Sending Good thoughts and wishes your way.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Sounds like a much stronger fence needs to go in - woven wire then a hot strand off of that.

I will be thinking about those little chicks all night

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
It was "fixed"!
If I never see another cow again it will be too soon!
Keith best lock up my shotgun tonight because the very next cow I see anywhere near my coops is going to get a buttload of bird shot.

The lease for the pastures goes back decades. It benefits both parties. The lease money pays our property taxes each year and it keeps us from having to maintain the pastures ourselves.

At this point I am ready to give Keith the money for the taxes out of my own pocket and allow someone, perhaps a farmer struggling to make it in this lousy economy, to come in and cut the hay for free.

 

[CrazyChickensEverwhere]

Oh my gosh. I will pray for sure! thats so sad

. I teared up to the chick and her mom .... Please take care of yourself and good luck.

 

[gritsar]

The young chick that is playing Mama for the night is "Sally" named after a dear BYC friend. She's in my avatar.

She's just a baby herself and a turken no less. It's so cold outside, but they are at the highest point under the coop they could possibly get.

 

[gritsar]

Oh and does anybody know......?

We didn't have any spare nestboxes that we could get to easily.

For the night, along the wall where the nestboxes usually set, I just spread out a bunch of hay and sprinkled golf balls over it.

Think the hens will get the idea?

We'll have to do something about replacing their nestboxes tomorrow.