I didn't have much time to go thru the posts I missed but thanks for the suggestions on the friend.
Chicks are hatching steady right now over half of them are out and today is hatch day.
Now for the BS that hit us yesterday. While working on the garage all day for starters I'm so sunburnt the blisters popped in my sleep and my shirt stuck to my back, had to rip it off. OMG pain, now I'm wearing one of my aunts table doilies(sp) for a shirt. The kids were riding wheeler with my sil son(his wheeler). Tasia and her bf went down to the river about a mile and half from the house. Rudy our dog followed. He likes to hunt mice and such so it didn't alert me when he didn't come back right away. Well at about 3:30 he come walking up the drive covered and I mean COVERED in blood. It was running from his chest, sent Tasia in to grab my sewing kit and Ethan to get the peroxide and some towels. Ty turned on the outside faucet to hose him down with cold water to find the spot. I found one hole in his side and cleaned all the hair around it. I was filling with blood under the skin so I called my sil(shes a vet tech) to confirm my thoughts of not stitching it and she also agreed. When he got up I noticed my leg and shoe was covered in blood, looked more and found an exit wound. He had been shot, right thru the gut and also found another shot in his foot that shattered his back paw. I stitched that up the best I could. Everyone went on a hunt to find out as while cleaning up the dog we had heard shots coming from our one neighbors place but noone lived there only used it for a "cabin" a few times a year. The only one there was a young boy about 13, he admitted to shooting a bb gun but this was not bb gun, looked to be a 22 hole. After talking to all the neighbors and confirming that was the house it came from as we didn't want to false accuse, they all said they came from that house. Hubby went over and notified the boy that if his parents didn't come over we were notifying the cops. Well 7:30 rolled around and still nothing. We drove over and parents still weren't home. I called the cops. A sheriff come over and we did our statements and Tyler showed him the blood trail coming from their driveway that he had marked with rocks leading all the way to our place(about a 1/2 mile, smart kid) Cop left and went over to talk, we soon noticed the dad go home finally.(he had been in the bar all day down the road) Cop came back and told us that the dad shot our dog as he crossed thru their place and he pays taxes and it wasn't his dog. Rudy must of wondered thru his 40 on his way back home from following the kids to the river. So that's his excuse for shooting him, in front of his son. Teaching his son not to come talk to people about a problem just shoot. I'm so furious I told the cop that we are no longer good neighbors. He advised us to not start a war, well I won't, but I won't be nice either. He said the guy may get charged, he's not sure as our dog was not following the leash law. He said we could file a civil suit against him. I told him that will take more money we don't have. And the cop didn't think we were out much as Rudy is a mutt(Jack Russel Terrier x Husky) well he is still our dog. Rudy has his rabies and is neutered and well he's completely a harmless dog other than he likes to hunt for mice all day in the field. He would never bite a kid or another dog. He eats with the chickens and the kitties here. What happened to country life when you either go to the source or pick up the phone and call. No warning nothing. Rudy is alive so far but even if he does live it will be a long road ahead to heal. Sorry if this is jumbly as I'm quite upset over this.
