Predator help.

You must have been posting photos as I was typing.
All the feathers looks wet, which makes me think something was chewing on your birds. I do not think this was human.
There is a lot of vegetation so it's hard to see the damage photos clearly, but in this photo it looks like the wire was pushed up from the bottom and something crawled underneath. It looks to be chicken wire, which anything the size of a raccoon or larger can bend like this. I'm not sure where you live and what predators live in your region, but I'd almost suspect a fox, coyote, or even a feral or neighbor dog. I don't think a smaller predator would have caused as much damage to the enclosure.

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You must have been posting photos as I was typing.
All the feathers looks wet, which makes me think something was chewing on your birds. I do not think this was human.
There is a lot of vegetation so it's hard to see the damage photos clearly, but in this photo it looks like the wire was pushed up from the bottom and something crawled underneath. It looks to be chicken wire, which anything the size of a raccoon or larger can bend like this. I'm not sure where you live and what predators live in your region, but I'd almost suspect a fox, coyote, or even a feral or neighbor dog. I don't think a smaller predator would have caused as much damage to the enclosure.

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Ok thanks for the feedback, im just a little complexed there isnt any injurys what so ever
 
Could it be an angry neighbor? Did you have any dispute about your flock with someone? I don't think it's an animal :idunno
Nope, I mean we go to work, very private people. We involve ourselves with the community all the time. The only thing i could think of ive upset anyone is due to resigning from a job and working elsewhere.

The only hen left wont move on her own, she will only eat if i stroke her, or give it to her by hand, brought her inside a few moments ago, im terrified because they'd all lay eggs everyday, but she keeps cherping, i feel for her i really do :(
 

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Can't offer any advice on what could have done this other than to say that the way they're lined up is unsettling and I can't imagine what animal would have broken in, killed them but not eaten them, and then lined them up. Really I just wanted to say I'm so sorry you're going through this and that I hope you figure out what did this and that your lone survivor is ok.
 

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