Peaches Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I let the girls out this morning - they free-range - and when I went to check on them half an hour ago, all we could find was three clumps of feathers in different parts of the garden. It looks like a fox got all 3. I'm devastated. I should have kept them in the run as neighbours have had fox attacks, but I thought we were okay now. Good bye girls. I'm sorry I didn't look after you better. Fi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Oh what a shame. Don't beat yourself up - you were only doing what you thought best. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Are you sure that they are all gone and not one hiding somewhere in fright? I am so sorry for your loss and mine also get out to free range all day and I hope they are safe but I feel the run is too small for them in the eglu run and when I put the retting up they fly over it no bother!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Oh no, I'm so sorry . Don't blame yourself, it could (and has) happened to any one of us . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Oh no, I'm so sorry . Don't blame yourself, it could (and has) happened to any one of us . Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 WHat a horrible thing to happen. <> to you and your family. I see from your signature that your Girls were ex-batts, so at least they had time to taste freedom and feel the sun on their backs. Try not to beat yourself up about it, it's done now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Fi, I'm so sorry to hear this, Please try & remember that you gave them a much better quality of life than they would have in their previous "life". RIP little ones ,{{{hugs}}} to you all, Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 So sorry for you As already been said it could happen to any of us.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky h Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Oh Peaches how sad. As the others have said, don't blame yourself, quite the opposite: you've given them a happy life which they otherwise would never have had. Hugs x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 ((hugs)) Im so sorry. As the others have said please don't beat yourself up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 so sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyH1981 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Oh no!!! *big hug* Like someone else suggested... maybe check that maybe they're not hiding somewhere? Sorry to hear your news!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness3103 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 i'm so sorry to hear about your girls sending you biiig hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Very sorry to hear it. Devastating for you. It could happen to any of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teee Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 ... Ditto, so sad to hear this.... ((( hugs ))) to all your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Hugs from me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahw12 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Awww, I'm sorry. I think it's a learning process- how to keep your chooks safe- I reckon most people slip up on the way to getting it sorted. I know I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I'm so sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Really sorry to hear of this. It only takes a couple of minutes and we all have to balance the freedom with the dangers. I know that I don't like keeping the girls in the run all the time but nor do I have the time to supervise them 100% of their freeranging time so it is a risk that I run too. Please don't feel bad about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricbarbarella Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I am so sorry as others have said it could be any of us and is definatley not your fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 My ducks free ranged for 4 1/2 years but they were all killed in their wooden house early one morning...the fox had broken in and I had just missed it(they were all still warm) only one Ayelsbury survived. So this is why fox is so cunning...quiet predator mostly. Lulls us into a false sense Have a few days and your ex batts had a better time than their original life...so sorry indie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I am so sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I'm really sorry about your hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I am very sorry to hear this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 So sorry, ditto everything thats been said - there but for the grace of god! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
