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  1. K

    All chickens dead

    Yes. Door on the coop. It happened during the day in the run.
  2. K

    All chickens dead

    So do you all feel that automatic doors are a bad idea? I really don't think anything but a very determined bear could get into their coop. So it is the run that I need to work on. I almost wonder if they were safer free ranging. They usually came up near the house and followed me around when...
  3. K

    All chickens dead

    Thank you. Maybe I'll get pictures of our setup later. Their coop is very secure, so I'm not worried about that. They were killed in their run during the day. Probably right at dusk or dawn (they have an automatic chicken door and I was out there shortly before dusk yesterday). I have the entire...
  4. K

    All chickens dead

    Thanks everyone. I've never had a loss like this in our flock and it was surprising and devastating. Now I feel like there is no way to keep the chickens 100% secure unless I confine them to a very small area. We currently have about 50 sq ft of very secure coop space (partially open air) with...
  5. K

    All chickens dead

    Thanks. We've had chickens for a few years now. But we just moved to this house a year ago with a new setup. Our fence is 6 ft tall. We have the bird netting secured to the top of the fence. I thought we had secured the chickens enough, but I guess not. :(
  6. K

    All chickens dead

    Ok. I was thinking that because of the missing heads. Would they kill an entire small flock?
  7. K

    All chickens dead

    We have an omlet door that I know is working and the chickens have always been inside on time. They have a fenced in run with netting above so it couldn't be a bird. I was near them last night very soon before dark and then didn't go out to them until about 1 today. So it either happened last...
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