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The pen is one large area. We do not have another pen at this time. Or we would have. Just going to find someone who may want him. Seems he is stressing the hens out anyway.

I have turned this into a full investigation. Was out in the coop yesterday and finished and began to walk away.. The rooster had another hen in that same corner on top o her. I was able to scare him off o her but since I have watched them a lot. Im thinking the rooster and we have had this same...

By the time we got out there the cats had been eating it. But looked like to me the neck area was torn apart. I look out all the time and have never seen anything in the coop and this happened somewhere between 7 am and noon. It was in the corner of the coop and feathers there too. The top is...

Would the rooster do this?

The chicken was full grown and a good layer.

The cats can get in the pen so wouldn't want them caught in a trap. One of them was in the coop eating the dead hen. The other was outside the back door.

The coop is covered on the top. This one was in the coop. The one we lost last wk was not.I am so puzzled about this. I don't think it was the cats. Just would like to know what did it.

Last wk we lost one of our hens. We have no idea what happened and cannot find it. We had let them out to free range as we live on a farm. Also we have 2 cats. One night last wk as I was checking on them before dark I saw a young possum walking along the fence. I forgot to mention that we do...