Firstly thanks for all the replies! I have locked up all my chickens last night and am going to continue to do so. After talking with my neighbors they swear it was an owl. I've locked the smaller run and have gone around and sealed up any holes that anything larger than a beetle could get...
This morning I woke up to find my rooster dead, I have luckily not had much experience with predators so I have no idea what killed him. I have two runs, one is smaller, covered and is connected directly to the coop, the other is larger, not covered and is connected to the smaller run by a door...
For those of y'all wanting updated pictures, here they are! (Accompanied by my handsome rooster :)) Pretty confident they are Australorp Bantams, but if you disagree I would love to hear it!
I did do some googling but everything ended up with me even more confused. Black orpingtons seemed to be the closest to their day old chick pics but from what I read black orpingtons are rare and wouldn't be 2 dollars at Atwoods. 🤷♀️
I bought 6 black w/ white pullets from Atwoods, the guy helping me said that the only categories they had were meat birds, straight run bantams, and pullets. Employee said that their hatchery didn't say what breeds and admitted that the hatchery "sucks". I also bought 6 meat birds which I...