Thanks all for the advice. The boy was given specific instructions and shown what to do, I guess he didn't understand that when I said they would go back once it started getting dark and that he needed to be there to secure the coop prior to it getting dark, that it didn't mean he could show up...
We returned from a week of vacation to find that 17 of our 23 birds had been killed by raccoons. They boy taking care of them - didn't. The coop doors were left open and... We have 3 hens and 3 juveniles remaining. The birds will not return to the coop (can't say I blame them). They are...