Hannahek10
Hatching
- Apr 16, 2021
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Just today I unfortunately came home from school to one of my four chickens dead in the run. We decided to let the other three free roam even though I didn’t feel like it was safe enough. I went outside when it was getting dark to make sure the chickens went into the coop and I came out to one of them by themselves. I shut her in the coop and went looking for the other two. After searching with my family, we found remanence of one of the chickens. An hour of looking later, we couldn’t find the third one. There has always been a fox around, but it never seemed to be a problem until today. I now only have one left and I’m extremely devastated as these are my first ever chickens and my love for my pets is so strong. The coop and run are both very predator proof so I have no idea how my first chicken died in the run. I shouldn’t have left the others out that same day. It’s currently night and I’m not sure if I should keep my last chicken outside in the coop by herself or make a makeshift one inside the house as I stay next to her? Would she be more comfortable outside where shes familiar with her surroundings? I’m currently looking for 1-2 chickens that need adopted/rehomed, but not finding any luck. Also, in the future, is there anything I can do about this fox? I still would like to free roam them, but now with this incident I’m going to find it extremely difficult. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.