Hi! I'm a wife and mother of two children, and have been living in Texas hill country for 18 or so months on five acres. Coming originally from rural Australia, I was excited to get my own little patch to create and cultivate. I have a few veggies in (Looking forward to tomatoes!) and 8 weeks...
I just had the same thing happen, but the beastie took out all five of my girls. I believe it was a raccoon, as to get in, they had to unhook the lower fastening on the coop door.... A very "raccoons" thing to do!