Sounds like our loss. 9 birds in 2 hours of broad daylight. They waited till we left. It was coyotes. All we found were feathers at the kill sites but no other signs. The next day I waited at the door with a rifle and sure enough they came skipping out of the woods after our last hen and turkey...
If you are implying I should get a new shotgun along with the new hens I'm getting this weekend I like your logic! Lol. I will let the wife know.
I originally kept the 2 roos because I wanted their protection capabilities, but a hungry coyote pack is just more than a bird can defend against.
Depends on how hungry the predator is.
My 2 roos and 6 chickens became coyote food a few weeks ago. They took 8 adult birds in 2 hours in broad daylight. I never had roos before, and this year I kept 2. I'm pretty sure their nonstop screaming to let the world know where they are at all times...