KarynVA
Crowing
I found two of my 4 chickens dead this morning and no blood, no sign of breach of the coop or run, no sign of digging, no bent hardware cloth or hole in hardware cloth. No scratches, scrapes, or evidence of shaking of the coop. Their waterer was still standing upright on a brick inside the run, near their bodies. It happened before I closed their coop at 10:00 last night (I usually close it earlier but was on a Zoom call that went longer than expected, so it was pitch dark when I finally got out there. The two unharmed chickens were inside the closed coop this morning; the dead ones were in the run.) There is a lot of bear scat in my yard but I do not know how long it has been there; I've not actually witnessed the bear in person but I know there are bears around here. There is also a fox, and racoons and skunks. You get the idea. See this other thread for much more detail and photos of my coop and run as they were after the incident.
Now for the gruesome photos:
Only one had feathers missing. Here is another angle of that one. Using gloves, obviously, I checked the bodies for bites or punctures and could find none.
Now for the gruesome photos:
Only one had feathers missing. Here is another angle of that one. Using gloves, obviously, I checked the bodies for bites or punctures and could find none.