Thank you for all of your comments and condolences. I found the culprit - a red-tailed hawk. I watched it land in the yard and try to go after a rooster. He ducked under some lawn furniture and the hawk flew off. Guess it is time for a covered run.
Thanks for your thoughts. I knew we were risking it by free ranging..... I am so upset over this, I cry every time I think about them. I haven't told my boys yet... My 6 year old would grab his favorite silkie and take her all over the yard with him. If he was going to play on the...
I have a flock of standard size assorted chickens and last spring added four silkie chicks. They free range during the day and are closed in a coop at night. Our entire property is surrounded by high tensil electric fencing and we have never lost a chicken since we put our fence up two years...