Thank you! I am going to get a charger and some hot tape this week. Hopefully, the chickens can go back out by the end of the week. Nothing on the game camera yet.
Also, forgot to add that we are not letting the chickens out unless we are there. I have one large and one small coop. We only lost 2 out of the small coop, and they appear to be much less traumatized than those in the large coop. The 13 left in the large coop have refused to come out since...
Thanks everyone for the replies. We are setting up a game camera this weekend. I believe it is the neighbor's dog, but since I don't have proof, I can't do much about it. If I catch it in the act, I will shoot it. As much as it hurts me to have to kill someone's dog, it hurts me more that...
Yesterday, I found that something had killed 16 of my hens, and 5 are missing altogether. The ones that were killed were for the most part just mauled to death, and not eaten. Several of my remaining 20 chickens (17 hens and 3 roosters) are missing a lot of their feathers, but appear to be...
They may be some sort of cross, as they are more slender, and longer legged than the pictures of the Dark Cornish. They are colored similarly though. They are very fast and athletic hens.
Sorry, not the best picture. I had two of these hens, and the neighbor's dog killed one and injured the other. I can't seem to find any like them on the internet. I would love to get some more of them.
Any help would be appreciated!