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Hmmm...okay. We have really hard dirt, so it is hard to till. Is this what you are recommending because we could give it a try? Sounds like a great idea.

Hmmm...I am not familiar with this method. I am a newer chicken owner and we have lost two chickens so far from our older group (3-4 years old). I was advised to get heritage birds because they have more longevity. Our older group are easter eggers. The one that got attacked last night was...

The culprit is dead thankfully, after reading your post of the damage they can do. Thank you for your post.

Good morning. Okay, let hope it was a male then. Crazy part was it came up on our deck and my husband was just walking out at that moment and we saw it before it ran to the coop. It looked right at us. My husband then went to look for it and heard the noise. I am so glad my husband moves...

Callendar Girl...Our chicken made it through the night, and is eating and drinking! Thank you for the advice.

Okay, so we can use hay or straw? We tend to throw our dirty shavings into the woods. I saw Tractor Supply has Sweet PDZ, have you tried that or something like it? Here I thought the predator lights were helping keep our chickens safe for the last 3 years.

Thank you Folly's Place. The mink is dead. At least that one. It kept trying to attack the chicken even as it was dying. Crazy! Okay, good to know to keep the hens in for today. I was thinking that anyways until I can figure out a way to clean up the blood in the run. Any good suggestions...

Ok. It sounds like we will need more hardware cloth around the coup and continue to shut the door no matter what. We thought we were predator proof, since we have been good for the last three years. Thank you.

We just had a mink attack our coop tonight. Thankfully my husband caught it before it got too bad, but we might end up loosing one. Any suggestions on how to secure the pen better, so we can try to prevent this from happening again? We have hard wire only 3 feet up from the ground over dog...