RANT!!!! My husband killed my favorite hen!! R all hubbys this dumb??

[Funky Feathers]

Well to all you "It's her fault"~ Just stop! Fact: The bowls in there are plenty big enough for 24 hours of water
Fact: Their pen is covered and in the shade and plenty big for 3 birds
Fact: I checked their water the night before
Fact: I asked to check one last time before we left and was told "NO"
Fact: Meeting his family at a restaurant ON TIME not 5 min. late is way more important than the health of our birds
Fact: It was around 98-100 degrees here yesterday in the shade
Fact: I WANTED to double check everyone
Fact: He put not one drop of water in either of the 2 bowls or the water bottle.


Make your own conclusions.

 

[spectrumranch]

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I would conclude the bird died from some other reason! Based on Fact 3, you checked water the night before- doubt they drank all the water during the night; so they should have had enough to last the next day. And Fact 5 being they are "our" birds he would have been concerned that they were taken care of.

Fact: Husbands are not always at fault!

 

[wenlo]

My husband also forgot to let ours out last week. He was leaving for a business trip, which I am finding messes with his normal morning routine - he did it again today, but I was prepared this time. Anyway, the first time I did not notice until I locked them up at night. They (5 standard hens) had been cooped in the hot Missouri summer sun all day and were still fine. Hungry and thirsty yes, but not even faint or delirious. Consider, as some suggested, that there might have been another cause that contributed to death besides less than 24 hours without water. A healthy chicken should be able to go without that long from my experience.

Still, I am so sorry for your loss. It's very painful; has your husband apologized? He must feel awful too, especially knowing he may have contributed to your grief. Mine was upset he forgot, but I wasn't angry because no harm, no foul. I am sure I would have felt differently if they had been hurt. I hope the two of you will be able to work through this positively.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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I doubt serisously that the hen died of dehydration given all the 'facts' you presented.

 

[twentynine]

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I was not trying to place fault on any one.

The fact is the bird is dead. Sorry, really I am sorry the bird is dead.

You checked water the night before, and the water bowls last 24 hours (your Fact). Then ya'll left early the next morning, returned home and the water bowls were empty. Well going by the facts you presented, the chicken nor the rabbits should not have been out of water, regardless of whether or not husband refilled/filled. 24 hours is 24 hours don't matter if it's husband time or wife time.

If in fact the birds and rabbits were out of water the obvious conclussion to draw would be --- the bowls were all dumped out by a vandal--- or--- the bowls were not replenished the night before (they last 24hrs, you checked them the night before troublesome little Fact)--- and once again obvious --- the bowls were not replenished in the AM by hubby.

What I am trying to tell you is that a healthy bird can go a number of hours without water. If those birds ran out of water sometime during the day Sunday, they should have been okay until you got home Sunday evening. It ain't good to have them go with out water, but you got to figure (concluded from presented disclosed info) they had water part of the day Sunday. So that one bird dehydrating to the point of death--- has to have been some underlying health issue--- a coincidence--- something completely unrelated to water.

In regards to the other facts

Punctuality is very important to me, as it is to my wife. So yes, 5 minutes matters. Was it a suprise restaurant get together, no one let you know a thing about it until it was time to go? What do you consider early? 8AM, 9AM, 10AM, doesn't matter, you evidently were aware of the appointment. Arise, prepare, do your checks, all in mind of the need to reach a destination at a prescribed time. Doesn't matter if it was his family, in polite society one keeps to appointed time.

 

[chickeypoo]

my hubby for got to open my chickens one time. one day. i got home from work, at 430 pm and i opened the coop up.. out of five.. 2 were dead. so it can and does happen. and they had food and water the night before.

i am sorry for your loss.

 

[EweSheep]

Sometimes heart attacks can occur in any birds for unknown reasons. I think the birds will be fine when they didnt have water for a day but it would stress them out a bit. Most of the time they did fine.

 

[HHandbasket]

Living animals can die from the heat-related causes that do not have a lot to do with dehydration. That being said, having water available can cool an animal's body temp and stave off most heat-related problems with livestock!

For your husband's sake, I hope your are compassionate and forgiving. I would have a really hard time forgiving something like that, but that's just me. I would have to work really, really hard at it.

I hope things get better for you and that you do not beat yourself up over this.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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You can not say will 100% certainty that the chicken would have lived had she checked them. You also can not attribute the death to lack of water unless we open the bird for a necropsy. While 'fact' we were given can lead one to assume the lack of water killed the animal we do not have the appropriate evidence from the chicken itself.

 

[HHandbasket]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

You can not say will 100% certainty that the chicken would have lived had she checked them. You also can not attribute the death to lack of water unless we open the bird for a necropsy. While 'fact' we were given can lead one to assume the lack of water killed the animal we do not have the appropriate evidence from the chicken itself.

You are right about that. I cannot say it with absolute certainty. That's why I went back and changed my post as soon as I sent it.​