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After keeping my chickens locked up for the past few months, we decided to let them out the other day because it's so nice out and they were all crowded around the run gate. So, out they went and headed directly toward our old, falling-down barn. There is some good, composted manure in there...

I agree that the dog is still young enough to be causing problems. I have been doing some reading on the breed and one thing I read says that Redbones "have canine ADHD". From personal experience, I will not dispute that. The things that have stuck out the most in this loss is: It was only the...

Thanks for asking - no updates. I still haven't found any carcasses, and it's been warm enough her that there should be an odor by now if they were just laying about. So, the thoughts are that they were either carried off, or it was the dog and he buried them. The chickens are still locked up...

Well, I thought I had the culprit figured out. I may still have, but I'm not sure. I found a couple of feather piles by the house where the dog likes to drag his "treasures" and chew on them. But not nearly enough feathers for 5 birds, and no carcasses. I found a trail of feathers - not many...

I got 6 pullets from a friend 1 1/2 weeks ago. They were just starting to lay (on Sat. there were 5 cute little pullet eggs in the coop). On Sat. we let them out to free range with the rest of the flock (no lectures on quarantining, please - it's a choice I made and that's the end of it)...