I don't think it was a possum. We have 2 big dogs on patrol and the hen in question was in one of the higher nest boxes and there were unguarded eggs in the lower boxes that would be much easier to get to. Its weird, but I haven't seen any raccoons or opossums within miles of my house in the...
Yesterday, my broody silver penciled wyandotte hatched out a darling little grey-brown mutt chick. I was delighted since my dominant roo is black and I always want more colors... I was so excited to see how it would turn out. But today its decapitated body was found with its mother in the...