absolutely devastated

[CluckerFamily]

I am so sorry.

 

[ParistheFunkyChicken]

Oh no, I’m so sorry that’s terrible
I hope you can find a friend for your lone chicky

thank you I think we will give her to a friend until our chicks get to 6 weeks

 

[ParistheFunkyChicken]

I see you are a fairly new member, So sorry for your loss. I don't free range anymore either due to losses in the past from predators. I do have several game cameras up on my property and most nights see a predator on at least one of them. Here the predators roam mostly at night. I have had predators breach my pens both aerial and ground predators. Now my coops and pens have electric wires around them, good heavy duty netting covering the pens and concrete under the gates all due to losses from predators in the past. Good luck...

thank you.it will be my job in the next few weeks to sort out a large coop with lots of greenery for our chickens. such a pity as it was so fun for them to potter around the garden

 

[ParistheFunkyChicken]

How terrible! I let my girls out but only if I am out with them. I have lost my hens from predators by just going in to eat or use the bathroom. I hope you and your last girl are doing ok. Hugs and prayers coming your way.

thank you, I think that might have to be the solution from now on

 

[Callender Girl]

Losing chickens to a predator is the absolute worst! Thank goodness one of your girls survived!

I lost three of my four original hens to a mink, and the lone survivor was pretty traumatized. Plus, the massacre was completely my fault because I forgot to close a coop door, and the killer came in through the non-predator-proof run. It's a lesson that I've never forgotten.

Best wishes for your girl and the chicks you will be adding. I am so sorry for the loss of your sweet girls.

 

[ParistheFunkyChicken]

Losing chickens to a predator is the absolute worst! Thank goodness one of your girls survived!

I lost three of my four original hens to a mink, and the lone survivor was pretty traumatized. Plus, the massacre was completely my fault because I forgot to close a coop door, and the killer came in through the non-predator-proof run. It's a lesson that I've never forgotten.

Best wishes for your girl and the chicks you will be adding. I am so sorry for the loss of your sweet girls.

thank you! i agree its a horrible feeling.
i'm sorry about your hens aswell. I feel lots of responsibility as I was in the house and heard nothing. Best wishes to your hens too

 

[Mollterro]

I got home and went to put our 3 chickens away, only one came up to me. I looked around and saw a pile of feathers on the grass and Dolores my sweet new legbar very injured close by, I picked her up and found my new brahama Clovdr dead over our fence. they were still warm so must have interrupted the fox when coming down. brought Dolores up to the house and she died in my arms. absolutely devastated. will not be free ranging them again but making an extension on the coop. one sad chicken all alone at the minute

 

[Ted_Harrell]

I wish I had something better to say than "sorry for your loss" but I too have been through this a couple of times. I brought two Cayuga females home last month and a predator pulled them through the temporary dog cage I had them in. It pulled them through the slot where the droppings tray goes in the bottom. I never saw them again, only a few feathers. I am sorry for your loss.

 

[Ted_Harrell]

Where are you located?

 

[ParistheFunkyChicken]

I wish I had something better to say than "sorry for your loss" but I too have been through this a couple of times. I brought two Cayuga females home last month and a predator pulled them through the temporary dog cage I had them in. It pulled them through the slot where the droppings tray goes in the bottom. I never saw them again, only a few feathers. I am sorry for your loss.

how awful, I am so sorry for you too. its horrible seeing the feathers