Quick update from the farm. The kids and I were gone for over a week, and we left Jerry to look after things at home since he had to work.
Just a few days before we left, we had our first case of Atlas getting hold of one of the chicks and over – playing. That was a tough loss, but somewhat inevitable with a livestock guardian puppy in training.
All seemed to be going well while we were gone until Friday. Jerry came out to find chicks outside the fence, and one was not ever found. Our suspicion is that she was snagged by a hawk. We’ll probably not know for sure, but if it was a hawk, I am concerned that it will return now that it has had a taste.
There is some “good” in this update… promise 🙂
It seems that one of our black stars has decided she doesn’t want to be Christmas dinner. Yesterday – approximately 30 weeks post-hatch, we got an egg!! So, we are back up to 2 a day for 2 days straight.
We are definitely doing the happy dance, and looking at the silver lining in the midst of our chick losses.
(I’ll try to get pics up soon… Atlas goes for a weigh – in today so we can get more heartworm prevention. He seems to have added a good ten pounds while we were gone!!)