Rant!

[MySweetChickens]

I cant believe this!!

ok guys here I go
I have a friend that wants silkies right? ok thats fine we send them eggs whatever right they hatch (these people SUCK at incubating mind you) one has splayed leg first they acknowledge it but dont do anything kept my mouth shut for the sake of preventing enemies two days pass they don't do anything I then ask if they know how they reply with "well my husband is smarter than you or anybody in this world about chickens" I quietly walk away they then proceed to tell me a week later that my birds are inbred crappy things and I should learn what i'm breeding (mind you we spent 100-200 bucks on these things to ensure optimum good breeding -_- well fast forward three months and they are playing poor me because the chook is barely able to walk out of mercy I offer to take it the husband says no they would rather cull it ok... mind you theses people are extremely arrogant and hardly worth my time anymore I give up sure if the condition is bad I will put it down but I would love to give it a chance!


whats your opinion i'm trying to stay out of it as much as possible without letting the creature suffer

 

[donrae]

Your definition of "friend" must be a lot different than mine

I don't see why these folks are even in your life. Write the bird off, write the relationship off, and find someone else to spend time with.

 

[MySweetChickens]

Your right I should
you should see the animals conditions though they own pheasants and quail and the birds live in rabbit boxes full of rotting eggs and decaying bodies because they are to lazy to take them out and they just bought two horses they built a "homemade corral of tree's" and they live in there if your going to own something take care of it!!

 

[KatharinetheGr8]

Hmmm this almost sounds like a situation where animal services should be involved. Being too lazy to remove dead carcasses is beyond neglect, it is abuse. I'm sorry about the demise of your relationship with these people but I'm certain you're better off. I know you were trying to remain silent because you didn't want to damage your personal relationship with them, but at this point you need to speak up or you simply need to make that difficult call to animal services.

I'm sorry you're in this situation. I'm glad you have this outlet where you can vent your frustrations. We are listening!

 

[MySweetChickens]

Thanks I am like you said glad to have someplace to rant though I may sound crazy XD

 

[chickmomma03]

don't do "business" with them in the future. I incubated a duck egg with my son, I screwed up and had the humidity too high, membrane was too thick, overdue and I didn't help it pip, I should have, so it died. I kick myself in the butt for it and would NEVER dream of blaming the neighbor who so GRACIOUSLY allowed my son and I to try to hatch. I am even MORE grateful they are going to allow us to try again when the duck lays more eggs!

as for the rest of it, I couldn't be friends who behaved like that. I don't care if they think they know everything in the world there is to know. My ex who has been helping me some through this process (we have a child together and I'm still living here, separate room, it works best right now) acts like that sometimes, but I am QUICK to remind him that I am learning and I can NOT learn if he treats me like crap. I told him the other day that I was so glad he thought he knew everything, but I don't, and need to learn and it's NOT ok for him to be an ***** when he wants. He "ran me off" when I was out there just trying to enjoy my time with my big chicks and small chicks having a little supervised playdate (working on integrating them, but it wasn't going well at first). Then he apologized for being an ***** when I laid into him about it not being ok to treat people that way (I can only take so much crap from someone before I bite)

 

[chickmomma03]

Also, I'm not a jerk or anything. I'm a pretty easy to get along with person, and I care too much sometimes, so I've had people walk all over me, and it's not ok. You sound like a really nice person, but don't let people walk on you. They're not friends if they treat you like that, period.

 

[N F C]

Once you give someone something, it becomes theirs to do with as they see fit. You don't get to say what happens to something once you give it away.

I am curious...If you knew they "SUCK at incubating", why would you give them eggs? If you know they don't take care of their other animals, why give them eggs so they have more animals? If they are insulting and rude to you, why keep in contact with them?

You asked for opinions so just take this as just my 2 cents worth.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

I would just cut my ties with these people. They don't sound like friends.

 

[MySweetChickens]

Once you give someone something, it becomes theirs to do with as they see fit. You don't get to say what happens to something once you give it away.

I am curious...If you knew they "SUCK at incubating", why would you give them eggs? If you know they don't take care of their other animals, why give them eggs so they have more animals? If they are insulting and rude to you, why keep in contact with them?

You asked for opinions so just take this as just my 2 cents worth.

I didn't know they were so bad at incubating until they did what they did with the eggs I gave them. I'm not trying to be rude and decide I want the birds back but it is hard to see a animal suffer I also didn't know what the birds living conditions would be until they hatched them they told me they would be a lot nicer than they were. I have cut contact with them and we haven't talked since its actually been a relief unfortunately.