These chickens, Moto, Nugget and Snowball, were pets raised by 11-year-old Dalton Holm and his mother, Stacey Stallwood, behind their Cheyenne Canon home.
Dalton raised them from chicks. We’re talking heat lamps, medicated chick feed and constant care until they grew feathers and could survive outdoors.
To protect them outdoors, Stacey paid her brother to build a sweet coop, fully insulated, shingled and painted, for the trio of chicks.
On Monday, they believe someone entered their fenced chicken coop and killed the hens, breaking their necks, stomping on them and even decapitating one.
The coop was fenced on all sides and even above to protect the hends.
And because the hens were not taken or eaten — only abused — the family and neighbors believe their deaths were an act of criminal mischief.
Neighbors like Leona Breaker said the children in the neighborhood are horrified by the killing.
Dalton said the hens were pets who taught him to love animals, take responsibility for their care and even how to start a business . . . he sold their eggs around the neighborhood.
Besisdes his hens, Dalton likes horses. And he likes riding motorcycles and garden tractors.
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Here’s a video of Dalton talking about the hens taken Tuesday by KRDO News Channel 13.
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CHICKENS SLAUGHTERED IN COOP A SAD LESSON TO KIDS is a post from: Side Streets