Either last night or today
Someone stole 3 of my baby chicks out of the tractor in my back yard.
My sister in law who lives on the next street said she thought she noticed someone in my yard when she drove by around 3.30 in the afternoon, but until I mentioned the missing chicks it didn't "click" that it wasn't me in the yard (I was at work till 6.30ish). DH was home but sleeping and says the dog didn't wake him up.
Honestly my biggest suspects are the people who live next door on the south. I take them eggs pretty frequently and we're friendly, but they are terrible animal owners. They tend to get pets for a little while, until they get tired of the puppy messes, and then get rid of them.
I can't understand how anyone who didn't live directly around me would even know about the chicks. They are inside the tractor - inside the fence - inside the back yard, they don't crow yet, and they just aren't that noticible.