Nicci0110
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Sunday afternoon tragedy struck. 2 dogs from a half a mile down the road (owners have chickens too) massacred my flock. My babies free range from 12 to 6 daily. We heard something and my husband ran outside and saw the dogs. He grabbed a gun and while chasing to get a shot he fell. He broke a rib when he fell and is bruised up pretty bad. Luckily, he recognized the dogs. He jumped in his truck and chased the dogs. They ran home and the owner locked them up. He told her what had happened, and she said "well they don't mess with my chickens"
He came back, got me and 2 bodies of my babies and we went back. I told her these are my babies. She said hers are also. I held one up and told her I nursed this one back after being scalped. At that point I thought my entire flock was gone. I told her she owed me 40.00 a chicken for each one. There were 13. She said she needed some time. I told her she had a week to pay me and if her dogs came back they be shot and left on her doorstep for her to bury like I am having to my babies.
We came back home and searched and searched.
We found 2 dead, 2 seriously injured, and 2 missing. The rest were ok.
We buried Debra Lynn and Rosie.
My Rooster, Henny Penny fought had. He was covered in the dogs blood and had no feathers left on his back. He has 2 puncture wounds and a few minor scratches. He's tough and will be fine. He didn't want to go to bed while waiting on his missing ladies.
My injured Hen has nothing left on her back. I am positive I can heal her and will. She is inside of course, and I took her to the vet yesterday for antibiotics and pain meds. She is a real trooper.
I have located the code for MS showing she is responsible for the cost of my chickens, cost incurred, and attorney/court fees.
I plan to require her to pay for 6 chickens total, the vet bill, and the supplies for first aid.
If she doesn't, I will file suit. This comes to $407.00. This will in no way replace my babies.
Is this reasonable?
Of course, this will go up should I have to take her to court. I have the code/law showing she is responsible for all of this.
She had the nerve to offer me her little chicks for my mature healthy laying hens who were raised inside until they were 13 weeks old and held daily. I intend to await one of my remaining ladies to turn Broody to hatch some from them. I do not want to start over. I do not care about the eggs as I just give mine away mainly and if they never laid another single egg it wouldn't matter to me.
So, I am heartbroken. I now have a very seriously injured sweet girl living inside along with 2 parrot and a dog who loves her, and some very traumatized babies outside.
They will remain in their run until they are healed.
Please do not tell me not to free range as I would rather them live a happy life daily free ranging then being locked up all the time. I know loss is something to expect when free ranging but it wouldn't be so hard if it wasn't a couple of domesticated dogs that had no right to be in my yard.
They will be eliminated if they even set one paw in my yard again.
Is the $407.00 reasonable?
He came back, got me and 2 bodies of my babies and we went back. I told her these are my babies. She said hers are also. I held one up and told her I nursed this one back after being scalped. At that point I thought my entire flock was gone. I told her she owed me 40.00 a chicken for each one. There were 13. She said she needed some time. I told her she had a week to pay me and if her dogs came back they be shot and left on her doorstep for her to bury like I am having to my babies.
We came back home and searched and searched.
We found 2 dead, 2 seriously injured, and 2 missing. The rest were ok.
We buried Debra Lynn and Rosie.
My Rooster, Henny Penny fought had. He was covered in the dogs blood and had no feathers left on his back. He has 2 puncture wounds and a few minor scratches. He's tough and will be fine. He didn't want to go to bed while waiting on his missing ladies.
My injured Hen has nothing left on her back. I am positive I can heal her and will. She is inside of course, and I took her to the vet yesterday for antibiotics and pain meds. She is a real trooper.
I have located the code for MS showing she is responsible for the cost of my chickens, cost incurred, and attorney/court fees.
I plan to require her to pay for 6 chickens total, the vet bill, and the supplies for first aid.
If she doesn't, I will file suit. This comes to $407.00. This will in no way replace my babies.
Is this reasonable?
Of course, this will go up should I have to take her to court. I have the code/law showing she is responsible for all of this.
She had the nerve to offer me her little chicks for my mature healthy laying hens who were raised inside until they were 13 weeks old and held daily. I intend to await one of my remaining ladies to turn Broody to hatch some from them. I do not want to start over. I do not care about the eggs as I just give mine away mainly and if they never laid another single egg it wouldn't matter to me.
So, I am heartbroken. I now have a very seriously injured sweet girl living inside along with 2 parrot and a dog who loves her, and some very traumatized babies outside.
They will remain in their run until they are healed.
Please do not tell me not to free range as I would rather them live a happy life daily free ranging then being locked up all the time. I know loss is something to expect when free ranging but it wouldn't be so hard if it wasn't a couple of domesticated dogs that had no right to be in my yard.
They will be eliminated if they even set one paw in my yard again.
Is the $407.00 reasonable?
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