Other chickens killed my hen?

[wistlindixie]

I lost a hen. Found her dead in the coop. No feathers strewn, nothing eaten, just a gaping hole on her side. Could my other chickens have done this? Poor thing was just stuffed in the corner. :-(

 

[emys]

Perhaps if she suffered an injury the other chickens might have pecked her to death, but it also could have been a weasel.

 

[Judy]

I would definitely think a predator either did it or started it.

 

[Celtic Chick]

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So sorry to hear about your hen.

If it was a predator, at least she was the only one it got to. It could have been much worse.

 

[cgtara3]

I think predator also. It could have happened during the night. Poor baby. How does the rest of the flock act?