Update:
We installed the door on the coop and added a latch with luggage lock. We are shutting the chickens in at night and locking the coop. The chickens have been fine each of the last two mornings, so I feel like we can relax a little.
There is still the gap at the top of the walls, between...
Advance warning - contains graphic pictures and description of attack.
We found my sweet gardening partner, Gabby, mangled on Monday morning. There was evidence of a struggle, which began inside the coop.
We immediately began researching what predator may have committed this crime, and the...
My family received our first 2 chickens about 3 years ago. We received 2 more in May, after kenneling 9 for a family moving to the area.
We had 4 hens until two mornings ago. We now have 3.
We have 2 Easter Eggers and one that might be a Buff.
I enjoy having the chickens near me when I am...