It doesn't matter how secure your coop is if you let them out to free range. I very much suspect that your MIL didn't actually count chickens when she put them away. Now, she thinks because she didn't notice him missing that he had to be there.
Some predator had a nice lunch. Otherwise, he'd be home, back with his flock by now. He sure isn't sitting on a nest somewhere.
Some predator had a nice lunch. Otherwise, he'd be home, back with his flock by now. He sure isn't sitting on a nest somewhere.
