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Ok thanks - I might do that tomorrow. They are cooped up for the night now and safe, so I might try moving them tomorrow and see what happens. thanks to all!

I guess anything's possible, but I haven't seen any signs of anything getting in to the coop - we have had a problem with rats before, but there's no sign of anything this time. There are plenty of mink around but again, we haven't had a problem with them so far. Its a mystery - hopefully...

Thanks everyone for the replies - I have looked everywhere for the chick and there's no sign of her. Have completely cleaned out the broody coop and put new bedding in etc. Then today another one disappeared! I figure that they are hopping out through the wire and maybe one of the other hens...

Our bantam has just hatched a clutch of eggs - six in all. One of them seemed a little sick this morning, didn't seem to be able to balance so well and its head was tucked down. I left it with the hen and the other chicks to see how it would get on (thinking the hen is the best judge in these...