hcdeshazer
In the Brooder
Welp it finally happened. After being very excited that all 8 of my babies survived the brooding, survived the move to their new shed, and survived their first couple weeks outside. I finally had my first death. Little "Ruby", a 9 week old Barred Plymouth Rock. We have no clue how or why. We just found her in the driveway when we got home. I did not find any bite marks, blood, or anything that would suggest it was from a predator. But at the same time, there is nothing about how we found her that could even hint do what happened. Any thoughts? Predators that would not leave bite marks, like a snake's constriction maybe? Regardless, very sad. Crazy how attached we get to them in a short couple of weeks.