So my friend decided that she wanted to have chickens. She's been buying eggs from me for about 6 months. Her husband built her a lovely coop from plans.....he followed the plans exactly and some of it just wasn't practical....ie. no man door.....but that's not really the problem. They purchased a dog run for a yard and he tied plastic mesh over the top. They allow the chickens free access to this area. Oh, it's also situated right next to the wood line. So they are on vacation and we are supervising the little girl who is taking care of the poultry. Yesterday the little girl calls me to come up....something got into the coop, tore the heads off the chickens (only about 4 month old hens) Two are completely gone.....when we got up there I found one Black Astralorp hiding in the bushes with a gash on her head. She was the lucky one. I brought it home and called my friend on her vacation and told her what happened. She is very upset but promises to have husband fortify the coop.....they'll get the survivor when they get home. UMMMM, nope. Sorry, they are not getting this bird back. I feel so responsible. I ordered these birds for her with some meat chickens I ordered and turned them over to her. Ideas how to handle? Please help...Oh one more thing. It turns out that they have been loosing birds one at a time for a couple of months. They have lost 4 small chickens and two ducks and still haven't fortified their run. The little girl told me this. That explains why they have less than I thought they should. This was not just a one time thing that could happen to anyone, they are just being careless....I know one was eaten because their 10 year old didn't put it in the coop at night.....they should be being more responsible.
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