They were slaughtered?

[one chick]

Well everybody I don't know what happened and I'm so upset I came back from visiting my family yesterday to find that my four chickens were slaughtered Three of them their heads were missing and one of them the black one was gone. My coop was totally enclosed and then I added a 15 ft run with chain link going up but not covered and my neighbors are thinking it's a raccoon that climbed up there and killed them. They tell me I can't get new chickens for a while because the raccoons will keep coming back so I'm going to wait till after our Tennessee winter and try again in the spring. I love them they were big and beautiful they followed me all around I'm very sad! It just broke my heart and had a doctor's appointment in my blood pressure was over 144! Does anybody have any suggestions how to keep them out or is it possible a chicken hawk flu into the fence area The chickens went in the enclosed area and the chicken hawk went in and took them out one by one but the fact that the heads are missing indicates it's a raccoon Am I right? Any feedback would be appreciated so love your ladies while you have them you never know day-to-day..

 

[BoundlessLove]

Sorry this happened.
You will need to close off the top and use hardware cloth around all of the chain link.

 

[jbj25]

Yes, the only way to for it to be predator prove is to enclose it completely with hardware cloth fastened well. Also a skirt around the bottom, and there is more than one way to do that.