Tonight I am absolutely heartbroken! When I went out to collect eggs this morning I discovered feathers all over my yard and I first thought it was molting gone crazy. Then as I came up to the baby coop I saw a horrible sight! Apparently we had a predator last night, it dug under the fence destroying part of the framing around the coop run door. We lost 5 pullets and our beautiful EE Rooster , Casanova they were all 6 months old. Judging from where I found him , he died saving a Mahogany Buff. She was the only one with no injuries. My favorite Cochin was a solid white named Cotton, she died in my arms while I was cleaning her up and putting antibiotic spray on her wounds. We have 2 Cochins and a Salmon Favarolle that are injured and quarantined in a large dog crate and taking up a corner of the big girls coop run. We put the Mahogany in the big coop, hopefully the older girls will take care of her. When my husband got home he took care of the dead birds and double checked the big coop for security problems. He says that the paw prints in the dirt look like a large cat, we have heard rumors that a bobcat had been spotted in the area. Please pray that my injured babies make it!
