What could have killed my chickens?

Thank you. I have been meaning to get a lock since a few ago someone walked into the run and took a Rhode Island Red thinking we were selling them or something. I’ll do everything I can to keep my remaining ladies safe.
some people are strange......did you have a 4 sale sign on her??? i have had my chickens for 2 yrs now and only one time a raccoon got my 4 week old silkie and my crested polish babies, but it was my fault..didnt have small hardware cloth on the door and the raccoon reached in and took them....blood was dripping down the door...since that fix i have not had a problem...my girls are very secure at night.....
 
You see if I saw blood I would understand but there is no evidence of anything ever coming in or out with anything. My dead Orpington was on the ground with no blood, bites, or anything just feathers pulled from her back. But yeah I’m gonna cover every hole no matter how small it is.

Long ago we had rabbits. A fox entered by damaging the (not so strong) netting and left the coop withouth taking them out (probably alarmed). This was early mornings around sunrise. One rabbit had blood. The other rabbit didn’t seem harmed at all.

We are quit certain it must have been a fox because he/she left traces. The fox first tried to dig underneath the fence. We also knew from others there was a fox 🦊 in the neighborhood.
 
some people are strange......did you have a 4 sale sign on her??? i have had my chickens for 2 yrs now and only one time a raccoon got my 4 week old silkie and my crested polish babies, but it was my fault..didnt have small hardware cloth on the door and the raccoon reached in and took them....blood was dripping down the door...since that fix i have not had a problem...my girls are very secure at night.....
No they were just in their run. My dad allowed them to look at them but never take them. He went to get her back later that day. People are strange. Hopefully there aren’t anymore problems. I fixed the run up. The pain is tough honestly.
 
You see if I saw blood I would understand but there is no evidence of anything ever coming in or out with anything. My dead Orpington was on the ground with no blood, bites, or anything just feathers pulled from her back. But yeah I’m gonna cover every hole no matter how small it is.
I saw a fox grab my duck, which instantly killed her. There were no marks on her that I could see but she was killed regardless.
 
Long ago we had rabbits. A fox entered by damaging the (not so strong) netting and left the coop withouth taking them out (probably alarmed). This was early mornings around sunrise. One rabbit had blood. The other rabbit didn’t seem harmed at all.

We are quit certain it must have been a fox because he/she left traces. The fox first tried to dig underneath the fence. We also knew from others there was a fox 🦊 in the neighborhood.
Oh wow. Sorry about your rabbits. Yeah maybe I just had a case similar to yours. I just wish it didn’t happen :’(
 
Yeah I was prepared to lose one to a predator some day but I didn’t think it would be this soon. I’m looking into cameras and updating my coop and run. Even before all this happened. I’m for sure investing in the cameras though.
Most cameras take good daytime pictures but not are all equal for nighttime pictures. I have a couple of cameras that the subject has to be very close to the camera to get a decent picture, but most of my cameras take good nighttime pictures. Here most of the predators roam at night. YouTube has some great videos of different cameras so you can see the differences. Also the field of view. Most of my cameras are 120º. Many cameras are 90º field of view. Here is an example of two different cameras in the same spot.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/anyone-used-this-game-camera.1328145/post-21669773
 

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