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Thank you to all who responded. Yes, we are thinking it was domestic dog(s). We plan on reinforcing the run fencing.

Sometime during the middle of the day yesterday something entered the run of our coop and broke the necks of 14 of our chickens, leaving them laying in the run and coop. One was found just outside the run and another was found about a 1/4 mile into the woods behind our house. I'm missing about...

They are 5 months old and cross between Easter Eggers and Salmon Favorelle. Pretty sure the pretty red one is a roo. What about the white one?

Thank you the oldchick for your advice. I did bring it in and tried to feed it wet food but it wouldn't eat. I've been watching it off and on today and it seems to be slowing down a lot more. When the other chicks and mama go to the feeder it follows them but them falls asleep at the feeder. It...

Well the chick is now 4 days old. I've noticed that it doesn't seem as big as the others and doesn't really peck around as much. It was chirping a lot today and while it does move around well, I don't know if it's doing much at the feeder and it seems to want to either sit in the sunlight or be...

We cleaned it up last night and it actually has both eyes but the beak is deformed. I'm thinking this was maybe from birth and not from an attack... Here are some pics.

This chick was born yesterday. I saw it hatch and then left without getting a good look at it. When I came back later in the afternoon it was out in the run all by itself with it's eye's crusted over. After cleaning it up it was able to open it's eyes but it's beak stays open most of the time...

I had a broody hen hatch 2 chicks with one still pipping. I was going to separate them from the rest of the flock once the last one hatched but before I could one of the chicks got attacked by the flock. She hatched this morning and when I found her this afternoon she was in the middle of the...

Thank you!!

My broody hen gotten taken by a coon so I put her eggs under another broody hen. The first began to hatch and when I checked it in the morning it was no where be found so I'm guessing the hen ate her. I have another egg tapping so I believe it's getting ready to hatch. I don't have an incubator...

In last week we've had our first loss of chickens due to raccoons. The first losses happened becuase felt secure enough in the integrity of our run to leave the coop door open and the coon digging up the run fence that was attached to wood under the ground. After that first loss we closed the...

Two nights ago we lost 2 chickens and a chick to a mama raccoon and her 4 (big babies). We captured them on video the next night looking for a way in but leaving without getting in. Last night the mama coon found a way in. We think she lifted the metal roof and got in that way. I heard the...

After losing 2 chickens and a chick the other night we set up our camera and found out who it was.

found some fur. I believe it was a fox or two.

Scratch that. I just found another one. So there are two chicks left. I'll keep an eye on them and if they aren't being cared for I'll put them in the brooder. Too bad though since they were doing so well in the coop with the other chickens! Also, any idea what would have carried off 2 full...

I'm just afraid if I bring it inside in a brooder it will be more stressed by being all alone...

I had something break into the coop last night and take the 2 full grown chickens I had sleeping on the coop floor along with two 2 week old chicks. The mama was one of the missing chickens and now there is one chick all by itself. I have 18 more hens and 2 roosters that seemed to being doing...