Well the dog was owned bye my grandfathers, brother, sons exwife now remarried to a third cousin on my grandmothers side and it was her 15 yr old daughters dog. The dog somehow climbed into the coop via egg door only 2 x 1.5 feet wide.Once inside could not get out and thus had himself a midnight snack on my beloved blue and splash orps, plus a few others. 2 survived the attack but I had to put them down that am. My family was very P.O. and upset. After a week the worst part was I had to buy eggs Like a city person how embarresing! The dog was removed from the pen and due to family pressure not much could be done.
I am back in the market for blue orps If anyone can point us in the right direction.. This happened end of last fall, and we backed away from BYC for awhile not sure if we wanted to cont. with chickens or give up b/c of what happened. A few BYC pals helped us find some pretty chicks, but I still regret loosing those fine birds.