Hi! I've just joined after lurking for ages. We've just recently gotten six chickens in two coops and I'm looking forward to making friends on here and getting lots of useful advice.
This is the third time that we have tried to keep chickens. The first time our coop wasn't as secure as we thought and all of our chickens were foxed. The second time I went outside in the morning and the coop was unlocked and open and all of our chickens were gone. I later heard from a neighbour that several other chickens in our neighbourhood had been nicked from locked coops. I still have no real idea what happened.
We changed the locks on the coop to make it more secure, added an extension and waited about a year to try again.
We now have four adult hens 2-3 years old (an Australorp, an Australorp X RIR, a laced Wyandotte and a Lavender Araucana) as well as 2 RIR X NH chicks (6 and 8 weeks old).
So far everything has been fantastic and we're loving our flock!
This is the third time that we have tried to keep chickens. The first time our coop wasn't as secure as we thought and all of our chickens were foxed. The second time I went outside in the morning and the coop was unlocked and open and all of our chickens were gone. I later heard from a neighbour that several other chickens in our neighbourhood had been nicked from locked coops. I still have no real idea what happened.
We changed the locks on the coop to make it more secure, added an extension and waited about a year to try again.
We now have four adult hens 2-3 years old (an Australorp, an Australorp X RIR, a laced Wyandotte and a Lavender Araucana) as well as 2 RIR X NH chicks (6 and 8 weeks old).
So far everything has been fantastic and we're loving our flock!
and Welcome To BYC! Sounds like you have a nice little flock! Sorry about the birds you lost and had stolen, hopefully all will go smoothly with these! 
