Got home from our two week vacation at dusk tonight, dumped everything in the house and ran around to check on everyone. We are THREE short. Neighbor stopped by to say he stopped a stray dog that got in and killed one yesterday and called animal control to get it hauled off- I'm pretty sure it was the blue Ameraucana hen that it got. Also missing Daisy, our French Black Copper Maran hen with the pretty leg feathering, and one of the Rhode Island Reds. I hope the other two have just decided to sleep somewhere besides the coop for the night but it was too dark to find them by the time I realized they were missing.
So our Amerauacana and FBCM trios are down to pairs, the babies growing up won't be laying for at least 2-4 months and there go our spring breeding plans.... <sigh>...
Also ended up losing 3 chicks from the garage brooder, I think one FBCM chick, one Ameraucana, and one EE.
I'm sure glad I managed to sell a few and the extra roosters before vacation or I would have worried about them, too!