I have posted here so many times over the years. Two years ago I got five chicks. I raised them from one day old. I was hyper vigilant about keeping them safe. I live alone and I am 77 years old and they were my family, they really were. The other night I was waiting for them to go to roost. But I fell asleep in the chair and when I woke up it was 1030. I jumped up and ran outside to close the door and I caught a raccoon in the process of killing my chickens . It had already killed the smallest one. It was killing my jubilee Orpington. The other two it had not gotten to yet. I literally attacked the raccoon and he bit me and I am just sorry I couldn’t have strangled it to death. I brought my jubilee Orpington who was my fussy little girl into the house, it had gotten to her side and the ribs were exposed. I wrapped her up and put her in a box and she was not alert but she was still alive. I was able to get her to drink some water. She kept looking up at me as if beseeching me to help her. All I could do was rub her head and tell her how much I loved her. And I gave her water by dropper all night long. I laid down for a couple of hours and when I went back she was dead. I just cannot describe how I feel. They were literally all I had. I have one Orpington left and one six link. The six link is in the nest box and will not come out, the Orpington is walking around the yard crying because she is by herself. I have never been in such a state. I don’t know what to do. My heart is broken . I work so hard and loved them so much and now they’re gone. I called Meyer hatchery to ask them what I should do and they said first of all to leave them alone. It was going to take a while for them to recover from this. So I am currently on Meyer webpage looking at day old chicks. I’ve got a cage that I can put in the run that will fit. But I have to by three. In all essence I am just lost myself. What would you do knowing my current state of mind, knowing that chickens cannot live alone being the social animals they are. Both of the surviving chickens are in shock. I thought a couple of chicks would help them get through this. And it would probably help me. I know I am acting totally irrational and I should have never gotten this attached to these little animals