I don't know who I'd rather blame it on.....

[cmom]

I have heavy duty netting over all of my pens and nothing has gotten in. It wasn't all that easy to put up but I did put it up several years ago when the trees in the pens were smaller. It's still good.

 

[cmom]

I don't have one, but that sounds like a very good idea. I will look into buying one.

This camera takes nice pictures both daytime and nighttime. The only drawback is that it takes the mini SD card. I have several cameras and not all take very good nighttime pictures here when most of the predators are roaming. This is a picture taken with the same camera of 2 coyotes.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N10WVL7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[cmom]

I don't have an exact number. I was gone from 1:00-8:00 P.M., so that's most likely when it happened.

Did you see you Buff Orpington prior to leaving around 1:00PM? Just curious.

 

[BYCforlife]

Did you see you Buff Orpington prior to leaving around 1:00PM? Just curious.

I do a head count every day when I let the chickens out, and she was there. I checked their food before I left, and the attack had not happened because the chickens were all happily scratching outside, not cowering inside quietly.

 

[The Moonshiner]

this hen died and my carnivorous chickens ate it

This is exactly what it sounds like happened to me.
I'll be following to see how this plays out.