Lost 2 roos, just venting...

[Alibabba 1]

I have electric strand on pen/coop.

Only breached once in over a decade, last month. I think it was a skunk dug under the back corner of shed where hen was laying. The wire was probably a bit high in that area, but doubt a fox or raccoon, only the eggs and that hen.

Anyway...
I had two beautiful sweet super feathery gorgeous roos that flew in coop at night and hung out around the house all day, because the head Porcelain Duccle Roo chased them off. (These are all bantams)

One hen would fly in and out with her special boyfriend also, they would be all around together all day.

Today after sitting out for a few hours I realized there were not 3 crowing as usual.

I've been out since 9:30, I didn't hear any ruckus at all. I guess whatever happened was before then.

The neighbors dog does run loose sometimes, coming on my property, but he has seen the roos before and never seemed to chase to hard, they just fly away.

I suppose a fix could have come thru early, they are out in the day very very very occasionally.

Weird thing. Both Roos are gone.
Not a stray feather anywhere in the whole 3/4 acre yard!

These roos didn't hang together, The bigger one always chased the smaller one off, so one would have been 1/3 of an acre away or even around the front of the house and outside the back fence

Also, the hen is fine.

I guess, a fox? They can grab without any sign... But both?
Dog (could have taken the bodies to his house, don't they usually just drop the thing when it stops "playing"? probably would have feathers if it was the dog

Not a hawk, they leave a big mess.

Or ... neighbors did something?

Just really really weird.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

@azygous

 

[sourland]

Many mammals are busy feeding young right now. Hopefully your roosters will return this evening.

 

[MROO]

A hawk would have left a mess. So would a raccoon. It wasn't likely a dog either, as they usually play with their new, feathered squeaky toy, then drop it when it stops wiggling. Even if they carried it off, you'd still see feathers from "playtime."
Raccoons, at least well-fed ones, will rip open their dinner to eat the inner organs, often leaving what we would consider the "best parts" to spoil.
A fox would definitely have carried a free-ranger away. In a coop setting, they usually get in and wreak havoc, then come back later for the "stash." That's normal ... infuriating and irritating, but normal. If kits are learning to hunt, right now, a fox or coyote with youngsters could easily account for two missing birds.
Still, I'd ask the neighbors, not to accuse them, just to see if they heard or saw anything.