Design for chicken safety

[shasullivan]

We just lost our second chicken to a broken neck. We have lost all 3 of our original chickens now in just over 3 years and they are safe from predators! So I can't help but wonder if we have a bad coop design? Do you know of any reason why neck breaks could keep happening like that?

 

[donrae]

We need more information.

do you have pics of your coop?

Details on the birds, what happened to them, how you found them, pictures if you have them.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Is your coop locked? Could a neighbor be killing them?

 

[aart]

We need more information.

do you have pics of your coop?

Details on the birds, what happened to them, how you found them, pictures if you have them.

Ditto Dat^^^^
Also wonders how you are sure their necks are actually broken and not just limp in death?

Is your coop locked? Could a neighbor be killing them?

That's an odd conclusion to draw based on very little information.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Yes it is, but how does a chicken break its own neck, and not just one? I would put up a camera and see what predators are lurking, hopefully it is not a 2 legged predator but I would not rule it out.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

And it was not a conclusion... Just a question.

 

[aart]

They can get spooked and fly into a wall and break their neck, it's not too uncommon......
....way, way, way more common than two legged chicken murderers.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

perhaps...