Thank you, Both, for weighing in. I'm not in the least distraught, as I thought I might be. I do know one of the Rooster chicks was thinking of leaving because he felt neglected. The chickens are so spoiled his wanting to leave was laughable. He suddenly grew up. Maybe he was agitated he wasn't invited to the daily birthday parties? Maybe he expected some cake as a treat? I did find the dad's tombstone inside the fenced area around the coop. Maybe it's too frightening to watch a Sim get pecked to death. I just would have liked to know for certain just what happened.
"greydonn;c-18041514" wrote:
Wait, how'd he die? Was it lightening, or chickens, or some strange glitch? I can't think of any reason it wouldn't jerk the screen over to the dying sim, unless maybe the husband wasn't in the household?
I suppose my go to response when my sims die early is to play them as ghosts, but I don't know how that fits with how you play.
Yes, the husband was in the household. He was just playing with the youngest kid. I sent him outside to care for the chickens. Been a lot of hard rain, lately. And speaking of being struck by lightning, he did get hit but that was a couple of game days prior. He was dazed, but okay — beyond being charred, that is.