RIP Bert

[shadowpaints]

MY beloved Roo lost his life today doing what any roo would do, protecting his ladies. my neighbors dog had gotten into my back yard and coop early this morning before i was even up and gotten a hold of bert. im so disraut. the neighbor said he would pay me for him but how in the world can i put a price on bert?? thats not gonna replace him... all the silkie pullets are fine thank god and they are huddling in the corner of the coop... poor girls.

here is a pic of my beloved Roo

 

[shadowpaints]

i cracked one of the girls ( sex link) eggs today and found a bulls eye.. that means they are fertile... i set 3 in the bator just to see if i can get a few chicks out of berts eggs.. i know that they would be mutts.. but maybe i can have some peice of him still...

one of my other hens.. Evyle has a pretty bad gash on her breast.. im not sure if she is going to make it or not

 

[CarriBrown]

I'm sorry you lost Bert. He put up a brave fight.

 

[rileysgranny]

Poor Bert. He was so precious. I hope you have great success with the hatch and that they are all Bert's.

 

[TheBarnSwallow]

Sorry for your feather baby loss, I agree how can you place a price tag on a beloved animal that you grew to love and raise... I must say at least the neighbor is willing to pay, some these days just say ahh shucks sorry about that....Hopefully this will spurn the neighbor to find a way to keep his dog in his yard so you dont lose anymore... Again sorry for the loss of your BERT

 

[AnnieOakley379]

Sorry for your loss. Hopefully the neighbor will keep his dog on his property from now on.

 

[Serrin]

So sorry for your loss. At least you know Bert took his job seriously and died honorably, doing what roo's are supposed to do! Protect the flock. I hope your hatching is completely successful and that there is a new Little Bert in there somewhere. Good luck.

Count your blessings. Like TheBarnSwallow said, all too often a people adopt that "too bad, so sad, sucks to be you" attitude that totally torques my hinny!! At least he showed he is a man of ethics in offering to replace Bert. We all know you can't put a price on the love and life that is lost. But at least he's trying to make amends.

I'm just curious...what kind of dog did the dirty deed anyhow? Breed? Mutt?

 

[RAWR]

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aw, im so sorry :[
just know your roo is in a better place and he died and honorable death

 

[JennsPeeps]

IMO, a rooster that loses his life protecting his flock from predators is worth the cost of replacing all the hens in the flock.

 

[shadowpaints]

very true i agree... not so sure what the neighbor will say tho.. *sigh* i havent seen the dog all day i have a sneaky suspiscion that he is chained up or gone..