Very Sad news. My first hatch (red roo over cuckoo/red hens) have dissappeared! I had them in their pen in the coop with an attached outside pen. They were good sized, and with an adult roo and two adult hens who all got along well. I went out to get eggs and they had vanished! No sign of a struggle or feathers, the adults were fine. It is possible they could have gotten underneath the coop where it is attached, but I don't see how. The outside pen is attached, covered completely and has an electric wire around it. It almost looks like they were stolen, but I live in the country, so that doesn't make sense. I went out and reinforced with with heavier wire,just to have something to do. So upset. I do have 10 younger chicks and I am preparing to incubate again. But it is just heartbreaking not knowing what happened! These are the ones that I had the progressive pictures of. Back to the drawing board!
Oh, no! I'm so sorry. Here's me hoping they did maybe escape and you'll find most or all of them in the am wandering near the pens.
Or, if they did walk away with a two-legged speaking predator, that the guilt will cause them to reappear.
