Chicken gone missing

[Mya2472]

I don’t know if this is the right section to post this but my chicken buttercup has gone missing.
My chickens coop has α side door that’s really hard to open and takes α bit of force so we never use it and use the front one. We woke up and 2 of my chickens were walking around and could see the side door open and we thought nothing of it at first but then we realised buttercup was gone! It’s been 2 days and she hasn’t returned. Where do I search for her?

 

[Love my chickens 25]

I’m sorry about your girl I wonder what happened

 

[chrissynemetz]

How old is she? If she's laying eggs, she could have a nest hidden some place. Or, it's very possible that a predator could have taken her.

 

[Mya2472]

How old is she? If she's laying eggs, she could have a nest hidden some place. Or, it's very possible that a predator could have taken her.

She is around 1 and α half I think we didn’t really know the age when we got them but she does lay. Once my other chicken Betty went missing but she came back up with in around 7 hours. My dogs were going crazy before. Freaking out like something was wrong. I went to see but I didn’t have α good flashlight so I couldn’t see anything.

 

[chrissynemetz]

There was no sign of a struggle? No feathers or anything? Is the coop in a fenced area?

 

[Mya2472]

No, no and yes we have really tall fences

 

[chrissynemetz]

Can you post a picture of the door that was opened? I'm wondering if a racoon might have been what your dogs were barking at?

 

[Mya2472]

I’m from the uk so we don’t have raccoons here. Just foxes and stuff like that

 

[chrissynemetz]

You wouldn't have any neighbors who might break into your coop would you? I know it sounds weird, but it does happen sometimes

 

[Mya2472]

You wouldn't have any neighbors who might break into your coop would you? I know it sounds weird, but it does happen sometimes

I was honestly thinking this might be teenage boys they have been breaking into people’s gardens and murdering peoples pets round here but I doubt it