What did this??? :(

[superm0m]

All 4 of my girls are gone. I am heartbroken. My 2 year old keeps walking around asking for his chickens. We have only had them for a week. ONE WEEK!! I am beside myself right now. These pictures are what we woke up to this morning. There are feathers everywhere (but not as many as I would expect for 4 hens) but no carcasses and not a drop of blood anywhere. Could this be the work of a human??

 

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[Bear Foot Farm]

I'd say Canines

 

[jesirose]

If it was dogs there would be bodies. I'd say a fox. It's crazy that it tore through the hardware cloth so sorry

 

[aart]

Wow never seen hardware cloth ripped like that!!

Is that 19ga 1/2" x 1/2"??

 

[quigley257]

Where are you located? Is there any hair on the edges of the holes where it went through?

 

[superm0m]

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Wow never seen hardware cloth ripped like that!!

Is that 19ga 1/2" x 1/2"??

It is 1/2" x 1/2". Not sure about the gauge

 

[superm0m]

Where are you located? Is there any hair on the edges of the holes where it went through?

We are in Kernersville, NC- in the city!! There was no hair, no blood, just a few feathers. I'm baffled.

 

[aart]

Hmmmmm....were they full grown hens? You'd think there'd be some blood around or fur snagged on the wire.