R.I.P. Stevie

[jmccarrell]

So, its been a stressful week for my chickens. First, my former flock leader gets attacked by my dog and survives but does have a leg injury. Then Charlie gets ousted from the flock by the new leader. We find our first egg two days ago, and unfortunately yesterday my dog got a hold of another one of my chickens. That chick didn't fair as well as Charlie. Stevie was a White Easter Egger and a very curious little girl. Every time I would sit in the outside coop with the chickens feeding them meal worms and she'd be there front and center. She will be missed by her coop mates. Lesson I learned from all of this is to make sure the dogs are in the house before I bring the chickens in for the night and make sure I clip the wings so they can't fly out of the outside coop.

 

[chickenarmy]

I'm very sorry.
The chicken's will always be with you. We all learn.
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[Mattemma]

Sorry for your loss.Hard lesson to learn.

 

[jmccarrell]

Thanks everyone! At least she wasn't the one that laid the egg the other day. Her sister is the egg layer as I found out today being she had an egg ready for me today. Now only if Roxanne my little Wyandotte will just start laying then I can start getting some brown eggs to go with my green ones...lol! Gonna haveta get another hen soon being I only have two left outta the three.

 

[Autumn D]

you should make sure you dog knows not to mess with your birds