My nice Sunday morning just turned bad, over a cup of coffee I scanned the condo with my Bino's and noticed something didn't look right. I grabbed my shotgun and slippers and headed out there, I found a total slaughter all of my biggest and best laying hens were killed along with several of the pretty teenagers I had hatched this year as replacement layers all dead, along with my two prized Roosters a stunning Iowa Blue and a Barred Rock. it only got into the one coop through a very small space on top of the side of a 8' wire encased roof, also the way he got out. he couldn't make it into any other areas so the total was about 7 hen's and 2 roos.
Holy crap this has never happened in the years that the coop has been up as I do regular maintenance on the fencing, I guess I missed a spot. The trap is set so I pity the fool tonight.
AL
And I have no more eggs for the bator as the others birds are not ready yet and I thinned my flock last month. DANG!!!!!.