it's been another one of those stressing days. I swear what ever i did in my past life is truly smacking me in the face now. Everything i do or touch turns to bad luck, like everything.
Yesterday morning i went to the farm, only been down Sunday night, went back to double check on the baby chicks as they were being a little naughty earlier and were sleeping out side, didn't want to try and drive them in so thought i'd just leave them and pop down later. so i did, all what appeared to be in there, snuggled up in the mum. I don't 100% know if they were there, but normally they are so i wouldn't ave thought twice about it. Anyway, Monday morning i slept in, so i didn't get to the farm before having to take grandpa to the hospital, so by the time i finally got down it was about lunch time, nearly 12pm. Went to feed the baby chickens to discover they were un uaslly all in side the house bit, then to discover there was only 4 baby chicks, half expecting the other 2 to be out side the pen, but they were no where to be seen. Okay, so i thought, better not panic too much they've just gone for a wonder, ill come back later and they will be back... Nope no sign of them, this is very un usal for baby chickens, they don't go very far from the mother and if they do they come back quickly. Okay so not much i can do, how ever guilt piled over me when i realized today i could have prevented this by putting the chicken wire back down. earlier on in the month, i went down to find that all of my baby chicks were out, so because i've never been in this situation, i panicked and tried to get them all back in, thought it was the best thing to do but i ended up driving a little black one way- stressing as i do and went to work in a sulk. A couple of hours later he had returned, so initially i thought these two would do the same. Really hoping that last night they'd be Hungary and cold that they would male there way back, sadly this morning there was no sign and the baby's mother was so distressed- she was chasing the babies away, so very bizarre, grandpa who had breed chickens for years has never come across this behavior and has no idea whats going on. I only find out that dad saw a kestrel hanging about in the vegetable garden which is behind the buildings to where my baby chicks are so not sure it would come in land that much but who knows hey. Grandpa thinks they've been taking by a prey of some sort, could even be a crow. its so distressing, it came to my mind to put the wire down and yet it just totally slipped my mind and after my sleep, its all my fault they are gone. Some people wouldn't really understand my stress in this, and i don't expect them too. I have a farm, well it belongs to my grandparents, have always dreamed on taking it on and re -opening it, so when i had my first every baby animals, i was over the moon. This was a beginning to my breeding life, so excited.oh well, i did what i could and thought i was doing my best at letting them have a sit in the grass. unfortunately its nature, and life will always be smacking me in the face with some punishment. Its been a funny day, the adult chickens who are always out side in the run have been acting very strange all day, i can't work out why or what has brought this on. They were chasing the babies all day- it was actually quite stressful, i just hope the poor little buggers have been allowed back in and are all snuggled up inside rather than sit out side in this cold and rain - who's had thought it was July!
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So with all that drama, my poor granddad fell over at the weekend and managed to fracture his bone in his neck some where. normally they would put a collar around your neck and leave you to mend, but because he had a severe car accident, he's got a metal rod in his spine, so this meant he was sent back to Addenbrooks in Cambridgeshire and is now wearing a metal head frame to get him back in shape, says he's a lot more comfy so fingers crossed its not on for too long.
Since all this bad luck is happening, i can happily say that Richard is doing okay at the moment. he went for a check up yeasterday and is doing well, they even brought his steriods down to 20mg instead if 30. hopefully he wont keep eating as much now, as he's become a big piggy.
We had the Olympic torch come by today, was interesting but was over in no time.....
Yesterday morning i went to the farm, only been down Sunday night, went back to double check on the baby chicks as they were being a little naughty earlier and were sleeping out side, didn't want to try and drive them in so thought i'd just leave them and pop down later. so i did, all what appeared to be in there, snuggled up in the mum. I don't 100% know if they were there, but normally they are so i wouldn't ave thought twice about it. Anyway, Monday morning i slept in, so i didn't get to the farm before having to take grandpa to the hospital, so by the time i finally got down it was about lunch time, nearly 12pm. Went to feed the baby chickens to discover they were un uaslly all in side the house bit, then to discover there was only 4 baby chicks, half expecting the other 2 to be out side the pen, but they were no where to be seen. Okay, so i thought, better not panic too much they've just gone for a wonder, ill come back later and they will be back... Nope no sign of them, this is very un usal for baby chickens, they don't go very far from the mother and if they do they come back quickly. Okay so not much i can do, how ever guilt piled over me when i realized today i could have prevented this by putting the chicken wire back down. earlier on in the month, i went down to find that all of my baby chicks were out, so because i've never been in this situation, i panicked and tried to get them all back in, thought it was the best thing to do but i ended up driving a little black one way- stressing as i do and went to work in a sulk. A couple of hours later he had returned, so initially i thought these two would do the same. Really hoping that last night they'd be Hungary and cold that they would male there way back, sadly this morning there was no sign and the baby's mother was so distressed- she was chasing the babies away, so very bizarre, grandpa who had breed chickens for years has never come across this behavior and has no idea whats going on. I only find out that dad saw a kestrel hanging about in the vegetable garden which is behind the buildings to where my baby chicks are so not sure it would come in land that much but who knows hey. Grandpa thinks they've been taking by a prey of some sort, could even be a crow. its so distressing, it came to my mind to put the wire down and yet it just totally slipped my mind and after my sleep, its all my fault they are gone. Some people wouldn't really understand my stress in this, and i don't expect them too. I have a farm, well it belongs to my grandparents, have always dreamed on taking it on and re -opening it, so when i had my first every baby animals, i was over the moon. This was a beginning to my breeding life, so excited.oh well, i did what i could and thought i was doing my best at letting them have a sit in the grass. unfortunately its nature, and life will always be smacking me in the face with some punishment. Its been a funny day, the adult chickens who are always out side in the run have been acting very strange all day, i can't work out why or what has brought this on. They were chasing the babies all day- it was actually quite stressful, i just hope the poor little buggers have been allowed back in and are all snuggled up inside rather than sit out side in this cold and rain - who's had thought it was July!
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the 2 chicks on the right, a grey one and yellow head with black, sitting next to the little black one have gone :(
So with all that drama, my poor granddad fell over at the weekend and managed to fracture his bone in his neck some where. normally they would put a collar around your neck and leave you to mend, but because he had a severe car accident, he's got a metal rod in his spine, so this meant he was sent back to Addenbrooks in Cambridgeshire and is now wearing a metal head frame to get him back in shape, says he's a lot more comfy so fingers crossed its not on for too long.
Since all this bad luck is happening, i can happily say that Richard is doing okay at the moment. he went for a check up yeasterday and is doing well, they even brought his steriods down to 20mg instead if 30. hopefully he wont keep eating as much now, as he's become a big piggy.
We had the Olympic torch come by today, was interesting but was over in no time.....
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