Georgeschicks
Songster
we have had chickens for three years and recently got new chicks. we lost two chickens last night, the first ones we have ever lost during our time keeping chickens. we found one chicken dead in the middle of the run and one is missing. there are digging marks around the run but none were deep enough to allow access to the coop. there seems to be tries for entry from the top of the run and some string we had tied up there had been nibbled off. we can’t seem to find the exact point of entry. we have never locked our coop door, instead it is always open to the run, but the run was very well predator proof and nothing has ever gotten in before. we were thinking maybe raccoon? the dead chicken is missing a leg and there was a little blood. i can post a picture of her if that is helpful. i would just like to know what could have killed her so that we can better protect our chickens against it. thanks!