Murphy's Law of Predation.

[Ashburnham]

The dog/fox/hawk/raccoon/thylacine/velociraptor/chupacabra

will always kill the prettiest/rarest/most valuable/youngest HEN

while ignoring a whole pen full of useless roosters!

 

[DeckDuck]

Absolutely! Every time! How do they know?

Murphy's law of Hatching: if you hatch a small number of chicks just for fun, they will all turn out to be cockerels.

 

[GEvans2769]

Makes me sick! I do everything to protect my chickens and the dogs next door chew through the wire and kill all but one chicken. Now I have to start all over.

 

[JanetS]

Sorry for you loss. What kind of wire did you use? 1/2"hardware cloth is the best and maybe some electric fence to keep those dogs out.

 

[Ashburnham]

An electric wire at dog or fox nose level is most effective.

 

[MelissaTXRn]

Electric fence and a shotgun!