Sorry for the delay in responding. It's been a VERY busy time at our home with friends and family visiting. It's been non-stop since Thanksgiving.
In any event, none of the girls stepped up to help. They all fled. A few jumped the fence and disappeared into the woods, three others ran under...
I think it was probably inevitable that at some point we'd lose one of our girls to a predator. We came home yesterday from a hike only to find a hawk eating one of our chickens. My wife chased the hawk away, but the damage was done. The poor girl was opened right up, but still breathing and...