SO MAD AT MY KID RIGHT NOW!

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Oh, the joys of chicken-keeping and parenting! It’s a cluck-tastic adventure filled with love, laughter, and the occasional feather-ruffling challenge. Today, I’m beyond mad at my (adult) son for consistently missing his sole chicken chore—locking the hens up at sundown. While he claims he can’t see the setting sun due to his covered windows, my definition of “dark” clearly differs from his. Tonight, seven of my three-month-old hens are braving the woods, rain, and coyotes because he decided to wait until after 9 PM to check on them. Thankfully, a midnight bathroom trip led me to find them roosting safely in a tree! Still, my son is definitely in for a serious talk in the morning.

My (adult) son's only chicken chore is to make sure they get locked up for the night AT sundown. He and I have been going round and round for months because he always waits until well after sundown to go secure them.

'His windows are covered so he doesn't know when the sun is down'

'My definition of dark and his are different.'

'He always gets them eventually.'

Well tonight 7 of my three month old hens are spending the night in the woods, in the rain, with the coyotes, because he waited until after 9 to go try and find them. They've already bedded down somewhere in the woods and we can't find them at all.

I am so beyond mad right now. I just needed to vent. Everyone cross your fingers for me that I still have birds in the morning.

UPDATE: They've been found! I got up to pee at 3am and found them roosting in a tree! The kid is still in trouble and will be having a come-to-Jesus conversation in the morning.

Also, I appreciate the support, but some of y'all need to remember that no matter how mad I am at him, he's still my kid. Be angry, but be nice.

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