Hi there,
We went to the flock today to get the eggs, they are ~10 months old and we found 8 dead.
All were healthy as of yesterday. No entry from a predator found as the coop is tight, and with the snow outside there would be tracks. Also, they are relatively undamaged.
Only new thing was...
We are having one death a week with a hen being killed. There is no pecking on the body, but the whole cavity of the bird has been eaten away by the masses.
I have a coop, 8ft x 14ft and 25 hens just starting to lay, they are ~5 months now. We also have a pen, which is 12ftx12ft outside.
They...