Thanks, Dave. No worries, I didn't take it that way.
Elmo - Thanks for the suggestion; I will definitely get another hen. We love having eggs every day. And now I have a "professional opinion" to quote to my DH.....
Jen - Catching them was really hard. The other one had gotten herself...
Thanks! You're right and I certainly don't blame the dog. He's just being a dog!
Here's my question: Will they really be OK for an entire week in there? (The coop is not really designed to be lived in during the day. I bought it from someone who only cooped his chickens at night.)...
.....and my neighbor's dog killed one tonight. I'm so stressed! OK, got 2 lovely barred rock hens (age 2) from a rancher. He told me to coop them for a few days, which I did, so they'd know where "home" is. Today I let them out in my fenced backyard, where they stayed a couple few hours...