First off let me say I know mistakes were made & I feel absolutely SICK to my stomach about this. I am in tears & was sobbing this morning...
My hubby is a h.s. teacher and is off this week & was home working on the house yesterday. So I had him let my roosters out because the weather has been so nice and he was home and Cash was outside...
So hubby starts working on the new wood (laminate) floors which involves a jig-saw. This FREAKED out Cash so hubby brought Cash inside. Sometime within the couple of hours that hubby was cutting and in/out of the house, two roosters disappeared. He didn't notice.
I got home at 5:30 last night & immediately noticed NO light brahma and one of my sumatras was missing! Cash was back outside then and I then found the feathers...feathers EVERYWHERE. No blood, no bodies, just feathers. Cash was laying on the board & looking bored.
Could my almost-4-year-dog have killed roosters all of the sudden?? I called out my hubby and in tears, I looked for bodies. Still nothing.
We locked Cash in the kennel and continued to look for bodies.
We went over & over the day and when it could have happened...Zach (hubby) didn't leave all day and was outside in the morning to feed/water the animals and played frisbee with Cash for about 45 minutes. Cash was in/out for a few hours before going outside, for the rest of the day. When I got home, he was asleep in the bed of the truck.
Anyway, Cash spent the night in the kennel last night (doggy jail) & when I got up this morning, I was missing one of my Golden Laced Cochin roosters!
Again, no body--but this time, not even feathers! The chicken wire on the rooster run was chewed/ripped and Barnabus was gone.
Fresh coyote poop was everywhere!
So we let Cash out & he was panicked. He peed on everything, whined, smelled the feathers, whined, pee and was frantic.
Sighs. The new coop will have stronger mesh and the birds will be locked in tight every night, starting tonight...hubby has been home with his .22 (brought Cash back in the house) and has been sitting in the truck, grading papers, waiting. We're sure they will be back--3 birds in less than 24 hours....
I do know that when we had a neighbor dog kill my entire flock last year, none were missing or completely gone. Mostly just dead bodies everywhere....so that was another clue that it was no our Cash...
My hubby is a h.s. teacher and is off this week & was home working on the house yesterday. So I had him let my roosters out because the weather has been so nice and he was home and Cash was outside...
So hubby starts working on the new wood (laminate) floors which involves a jig-saw. This FREAKED out Cash so hubby brought Cash inside. Sometime within the couple of hours that hubby was cutting and in/out of the house, two roosters disappeared. He didn't notice.
I got home at 5:30 last night & immediately noticed NO light brahma and one of my sumatras was missing! Cash was back outside then and I then found the feathers...feathers EVERYWHERE. No blood, no bodies, just feathers. Cash was laying on the board & looking bored.
Could my almost-4-year-dog have killed roosters all of the sudden?? I called out my hubby and in tears, I looked for bodies. Still nothing.
We locked Cash in the kennel and continued to look for bodies.
We went over & over the day and when it could have happened...Zach (hubby) didn't leave all day and was outside in the morning to feed/water the animals and played frisbee with Cash for about 45 minutes. Cash was in/out for a few hours before going outside, for the rest of the day. When I got home, he was asleep in the bed of the truck.
Anyway, Cash spent the night in the kennel last night (doggy jail) & when I got up this morning, I was missing one of my Golden Laced Cochin roosters!
Again, no body--but this time, not even feathers! The chicken wire on the rooster run was chewed/ripped and Barnabus was gone.
Fresh coyote poop was everywhere!
So we let Cash out & he was panicked. He peed on everything, whined, smelled the feathers, whined, pee and was frantic.
Sighs. The new coop will have stronger mesh and the birds will be locked in tight every night, starting tonight...hubby has been home with his .22 (brought Cash back in the house) and has been sitting in the truck, grading papers, waiting. We're sure they will be back--3 birds in less than 24 hours....
I do know that when we had a neighbor dog kill my entire flock last year, none were missing or completely gone. Mostly just dead bodies everywhere....so that was another clue that it was no our Cash...
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