Angelwhee-first of all, I am sorry about your chickens! I lost 9 back in October to coyotes. :( I live in Wisconsin, so I can only tell you what trapping laws are like here. My significant other traps them during the cable restraint trapping season. He does A LOT of work setting things up...
This post really helped me a lot! Earlier this week I lost 9 chickens-which cut my happy flock in half! It is devastating. My rooster, Frank, was among the casualties. My babies have been free range since we "harvested" some meat chickens over a year ago. (I refuse to eat them-perrsonal choice)...