DH and I went to the store around 4pm and gave the chickens some bread. Got home about 430 and went inside to eat dinner. Around 530 DH went into the kitchen to get a drink and looked out the window to see the chicken coop door blown down and on the ground. He yelled for me to come help him find the chickens and we went outside.
(we had a chicken coop custom built, and it sits inside a 6' by 6' by 6' dog kennel so they have more room to run around and added protection from animals.)
We walked around the whole house and didn't see them at all. We were walking back towards the coop and noticed feathers inside the coop...sure enough our 3 chickens were dead in the coop. We didn't see any injuries at first but as we were trying to find out what killed them we saw some bloody feathers on the ground. We think something got in there and as it tried to get out, it knocked the door down. We have never seen a dog on the loose, and we live on a residential street (it is in a country area, but we are surrounded by houses!) so we have no clue what happened.
And now we have no clue what to do with the bodies of 3 chickens. I don't think it is something the trash men would take? IDK if we can just disguise it by putting them in a trash bag or what. DH is a little upset about it, I think it sucks too but he was a little more attached to them then I was. Poor things...
(we had a chicken coop custom built, and it sits inside a 6' by 6' by 6' dog kennel so they have more room to run around and added protection from animals.)
We walked around the whole house and didn't see them at all. We were walking back towards the coop and noticed feathers inside the coop...sure enough our 3 chickens were dead in the coop. We didn't see any injuries at first but as we were trying to find out what killed them we saw some bloody feathers on the ground. We think something got in there and as it tried to get out, it knocked the door down. We have never seen a dog on the loose, and we live on a residential street (it is in a country area, but we are surrounded by houses!) so we have no clue what happened.
And now we have no clue what to do with the bodies of 3 chickens. I don't think it is something the trash men would take? IDK if we can just disguise it by putting them in a trash bag or what. DH is a little upset about it, I think it sucks too but he was a little more attached to them then I was. Poor things...