My parents purchased a minnow trap from a bait & tackle shop for $14.95. My dad baited it with a couple eggs yesterday morning. I'll update if anything exciting happens.
My parents have a flock of Orpington hens. They went from having more eggs than they knew what to do with to having 3-5 eggs a week. We decided to try putting golf balls in the nest boxes to see if any go missing. If they did we'd know there was a predator eating the eggs and not a laying...