We are chicken killers.

[chickenpatty]

I'm so sad and ashamed to admit that we caused our 20 chicks to die yesterday. :( :( :(

We were gone from early in the morning until late at night. Apparently, the tarp covering their cage had not been replaced the night before after dh moved it. The poor little birds were in the hot broiling sun all day and ran out of water. :( All but one were dead, and that one is lame.

ugh, i feel sick to my stomach to think about it.

a sad day here.

[sleepy]

oh, that's so sad. :grouphug:

[Sharon H in IL]

Yikes. The fragility of life.

Sorry.

[laylamcb]

Oh, how awful! :grouphug:

[sdWTMer]

Oh, I'm so sorry. That's hard. My brother was devastated when he left his dog in the back of our car in the heat of summer in Houston, TX. I know how you must feel.

[newbie]

I am so sorry, its not easy having animals.

Jet

[Faithseed]

We've killed a couple ourselves, so I know how you feel. Just one so far this year, thankfully (also due to heat with no water!).....but we've lost a whole flock three times now. Twice due to neighborhood dogs, and once because we had to make an emergency trip out of state for a week- they didn't stand a chance, but we had no choice.

Hang in there. Tomorrow is a new day. At least that's what I keep telling myself :tongue_smilie:

[Elisabeth in IL]

I'm sorry!

[lvbnhome]

we had that happen to us once. We were raising some chickens for butchering.. 100, 1/2 died. It was sickening:(
Sometimes it was just so hot that we had to fill up their water buckets every two hours.
:grouphug:

[Adrianne]

:grouphug:

Oh Chickenpatty I am so sorry. Hugs to you all.

[Doran]

I know you're hurting so over this loss. I can certainly imagine. I think this eventuality is one of the reasons I became mildly obsessed with my birds when I had them. The first thing I'd do every morning and the last thing I'd do every night was to check on them. There are still no guarantees, though. It's so hard.

It's probably not too late to try for another batch before summer's out. Do you have it in you?

:sad:

[Remudamom]

Sorry about your chicks, I know you feel badly about it.

[Heather in the Kootenays]

I've had similar things happen and have felt sick about it too.

Right now I've no chickens at all because some predator got them, I've set the waterer on chicks, had lights fail etc. You're not alone.

:grouphug:

[Tracy in Ky]

I am so sorry. :grouphug:

It is so easy for something like that to happen. We have lots of animals, and it is a full-time job just keeping up with all their needs, all the time. Please don't be too hard on yourself. I wish I could give you a hug.

[Saille]

Ugh. I've got one chick who hatched with deformed feet because, apparently, I suck at incubator hatching. I feel guilty every time I see her.

[Mississippi Missy]

Oh, so sorry to hear. Hope it all works out for you.