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

[redhen]

Its not a mistake if you tell someone that you did something and you really didnt do it.
And how is that husband bashing?? He CHOSE to not give those birds water and he lied about it... and an animal suffered and died because of it... it was found dead BY the empty water bowl...
Yeah... you can BET he'd be BASHED if he were my husband.... yup... most likely with a baseball bat!

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

My birds are MY responsibility! The DW helps me with them at times but she knows that I will be checking anyway, even if it's right behind her. She does not take offense to this, she knows I love them and I take very good care of them. They get a minimum of 30min,. of my time every morning to let them out, check them over, scoop and turn the litter, and make sure they have adequate food and water. If I have to be somewhere at a certain time I get up earlier to take care of them first thing.

When birds are panting you have to remember that they are constantly losing moisture from their bodies. They have to consume enough water to make up for these losses plus what they would normally consume just to sustain life. It is never OK to just assume that a bird can make it a certain amount of hours without water. I think that assuming a healthy bird should be able to go 24hrs without water in the hot summer temps is really pushing it. They need the water for cooling as well as hydration.

OP, sorry for your losses. I hope you check them yourself from now on.

 

[Camelot Farms]

I'm wondering if he apologized?

 

[allanimals21]

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Exactly. I had a similar situation a few weeks back. All my free range birds put themselves into pet kennels at night that we close behind them to keep the safer from predators. Every morning my DF would let them out before he went to work (its still dark when I was leaving). Anyways he apparently forgot to let my one Roo Rusty out. I came home at 2:30 and Rusty was dead. I was all upset thinking that he died because he was in there it was too hot no water and so forth. But I don't think thats the case. I have hens that sit on eggs in those things all day long and are fine. I was a bit mad at first with DF.He said he didn't see Rusty. Which ok maybe he didn't thats fine. He sensed I was really upset with him and he no longer wants the chore of letting them out. I think Rusty died from some other reason. He was healthy as could be the night before. I actually had to chase him down to put him away. Don't blame hubby. Its not like he did it on purpose.

I don't trust anyone else to take care of my animals. Even if someone helps me feed I still go over everything before I go in for the night. Some nights I don't get in until almost 10:00 just because make sure everything is good.

 

[Camelot Farms]

For everyone who has managed to make this a man/woman thing, I dont think that was the intent of this at all.
One wife being mad at one husband hardly adds up to bashing.

I think that the OP was looking for sympathy for her bird, not to be dumped on for the way that she presented the info.

I'd venture a guess that she is more upset that she wasnt given the time to double check everyone and feels badly about the fact that something that is important to her wasnt given any level of importance by her partner.

 

[Funky Feathers]

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Yes, that's it to a tee. Thank you.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

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I think that this may have something to do with it>>>R all hubbys this dumb??

 

[ranchhand]

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Thread title: " RANT!!!! My husband killed my favorite hen!! R all hubbys this dumb??" To me, that's bashing.

I am very sorry for the loss of the pretty Zoe, but I have to say that I make mistakes as often as DH does- and we do NOT punish each other for being human. I suspect being on time to a family function was very important to the DH in question, and he may have lied to get the OP out the door on time.

 

[wenlo]

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Aw, those are little waterers, I was picturing the big red honking thing I have in my coop. She was well ventilated at least, but it seems lack of water could have been an issue after all in the extreme heat. She was a cutie. I hope you two make up soon and I would say jewelry or at least some new chickies would go along way in the forgiveness process. I'm sure this is a mistake he will not be making again.

 

[spectrumranch]

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As other's have said............I agree the title alone implies bashing to me!

Also those are not very good dishes! Dishes with rounded bottoms tip over easily, a correct dish for a caged bird should have an edge around it so the bird can not tip it over.

NO ONE has proven that the husband did not water the birds! he said he did..... and if it was hot the birds could have easily tried to stand in the dish and tipped the water out.

I still do not think that going without for the day would have killed the cochin.