Well we've had a sad few months here but today was the worst ever!!! Our favorite Pekin went missing at dusk a few days before thanksgiving. We never figured out what happened to her so we were gradually able to adjust to her absence. Our 3 mallards decided it was their time to find mates and took off...which is not a bad thing, just a we miss you thing.
Anyway on to the chickens....I admittedly was happy the ducks had realized their wild calling and happily made the transition to pairing with a drake. I also decided I was done with ducks...love them so much but really chickens are much easier to care for. Our chickens were the best...we nicknamed them the zombies b/c we had to hide from them sometimes b/c whenever they saw was they came running over....I'm sure it was just a food thing but 2 of our girls Hazel (BO) and Lucy (New Hampshire Red) came running to us every chance they got. Hazel was my absolute favorite, so sweet, always wanted to be picked up and never, ever was mean (pecked her girlfriends) like her mean BO counterpart, Basil.
Tragedy stuck at about 4pm...my hubbie called in a panic...the neighbors dog who killed a pekin and barred rock last spring struck again. My 7 year old witnessed the whole thing. I've been asking the neighbor nicely to please keep his lab mix out of my yard for 2 years had my favorite chicken, Hazel, in his mouth and per my child dropped her on the ground near our swing set when she stopped moving. (We had 3 inches of snow last night so the chickens had not strayed far from the coop all day.) It was beginning to get dark and my husband was only able to find the New Hampshire red, one barred rock and the other BO.
I literally lost it when I got home. Hazel was most favorite, favorite girl. So, so sweet. I can't stop crying, I know most would say, "it's just a chicken," but she was my love bug.
My neighbor offered to buy me new birds and I felt like saying, "how about if we shoot your dog in the head and but you a new one."
I want his dog dead...I know that is awful but it has tried to kill both of my cats and know has killed at least 3 of my birds. I could have dealt with the loss of a rock (not very friendly, skittish)...but Lucy and especially my girl Hazel meant the world to me. I am sooooo sad right now. I feel like I lost a family member.
How can I get thru to my neighbor his dog in my yard that THIS IS NOT OK!!
Snow picture (Lucy and Hazel) taken today; my girl with my girl Hazel-yesteray
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Anyway on to the chickens....I admittedly was happy the ducks had realized their wild calling and happily made the transition to pairing with a drake. I also decided I was done with ducks...love them so much but really chickens are much easier to care for. Our chickens were the best...we nicknamed them the zombies b/c we had to hide from them sometimes b/c whenever they saw was they came running over....I'm sure it was just a food thing but 2 of our girls Hazel (BO) and Lucy (New Hampshire Red) came running to us every chance they got. Hazel was my absolute favorite, so sweet, always wanted to be picked up and never, ever was mean (pecked her girlfriends) like her mean BO counterpart, Basil.
Tragedy stuck at about 4pm...my hubbie called in a panic...the neighbors dog who killed a pekin and barred rock last spring struck again. My 7 year old witnessed the whole thing. I've been asking the neighbor nicely to please keep his lab mix out of my yard for 2 years had my favorite chicken, Hazel, in his mouth and per my child dropped her on the ground near our swing set when she stopped moving. (We had 3 inches of snow last night so the chickens had not strayed far from the coop all day.) It was beginning to get dark and my husband was only able to find the New Hampshire red, one barred rock and the other BO.
I literally lost it when I got home. Hazel was most favorite, favorite girl. So, so sweet. I can't stop crying, I know most would say, "it's just a chicken," but she was my love bug.
My neighbor offered to buy me new birds and I felt like saying, "how about if we shoot your dog in the head and but you a new one."
I want his dog dead...I know that is awful but it has tried to kill both of my cats and know has killed at least 3 of my birds. I could have dealt with the loss of a rock (not very friendly, skittish)...but Lucy and especially my girl Hazel meant the world to me. I am sooooo sad right now. I feel like I lost a family member.
How can I get thru to my neighbor his dog in my yard that THIS IS NOT OK!!
Snow picture (Lucy and Hazel) taken today; my girl with my girl Hazel-yesteray
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