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I know that a cat can get over any fence, but I’m just wondering how it can get a full grown hen over a fence too? I don’t have any real gaps in the bottom of the fence. also I’m going to get a black hen to add to the flock, thanks for the tips!

Wow thanks a lot folks for all of the posts! So my coop is predator proof for anything around here with maybe the exception of a really big dog. And the chickens both disappeared middle of the day when I let the hens free range until it starts to get dark. I do leave the door of the coop open...

Thanks for the reply! I’ve set a couple of traps so hoping to eliminate the problem soon. I still think it’s the cat but just hoping not hawks

I also wanted to mention that I really don’t have any gaps in my fence where a cat could even drag a chicken though so I’m dumbfounded by what this could be other than a bird of prey of some sort. The fence is 5’ tall. I will report back if I can figure it out

Hello, so I decided to get some chickens about 10 weeks ago or so. I started with 6 hens and raised them to about 7 weeks old and then turned them loose on my 1 acre of chain link fenced, grass type property. It’s a great place for chickens and I was hoping to let them free range. Anyway they...