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Almost certainly a vulture. They soar with a slight V shape and wobble back and forth while soaring. They will occasionally take a live animal.

I also keep mine for life. They're pets first.

I never leave my my coop door or run door open at night. Though I live in a very urban area, we still have a lot of wildlife. Raccoons are the worst - they are clever and persistent. I came home from walking the dogs one evening, and there was a raccoon clinging to the side of the chicken run...

I use bird netting and it works pretty well at keeping the chickens out. It is annoying to work with, though - gets caught on everything.

I have been a member for quite a while, but never introduced myself. I have had backyard chickens since 2009, when our city (Saint Paul, MN) first allowed them. I started out with 6 hens, but that was way too many for my small city lot backyard. I now keep 3 hens, and that is just right - plenty...

Around the Twin Cities area they sell for $5 -$10.

I am using oyster shells (free-feed) and vitamins in the water. Perhaps I am just impatient and she needs time to mature. She is the only leghorn that I have.

I have a seven month old brown leghorn that has been laying sporadically (1-2 eggs per week). So far, all of the eggs have had very flimsy, rubbery shells that are sometimes completely formed but usually not. Can I expect that her eggshells will harden up with time, or is there something wrong...