Hen and 5 Chicks missing without a trace

[chicknlover4]

I came home a few weeks ago and found my hen had hatched some eggs, she has 5 chicks and they’ve gotten pretty big. The last 3 days i have not been able to find or hear any of them anywhere. The hen and babies are gone without a trace! There isn’t a sign of struggle anywhere (no feathers, and if i feel like if a predator got to them all 5 babies & mom wouldn’t be missing with no trace?), and my grandma claims she saw them say before yesterday, so i’m hoping they’re alive and well.
But I’m getting really worried, as they haven’t been coming to their nest at night either for the past two nights.
What should i do?
Is it possible she’s hiding out somewhere warm since it’s getting cold here or the babies got too big for the nest so she is in a neighbors yard nesting or something?

 

[-Kiwi-]

I have the same problem, four or five missing chickens all gone within two days without a trace, so I'll be following! I hope you find your chooks!

 

[Anonymous__]

Any updates on this thread? I recently had some hens missing too but I doubt they ran off because they all have one other chicken they are close to. Did you find anything about your chickens and what might have happened?

 

[-Kiwi-]

Any updates on this thread? I recently had some hens missing too but I doubt they ran off because they all have one other chicken they are close to. Did you find anything about your chickens and what might have happened?

No... I assume they got taken by a predator.