Rural Gardening: Masacre at the farm..only one survivor. , 1 by mcamden

mcamden wrote:
I cried for hours this morning when I went out to let our 5 chickens and one duck out for their daily excursion. When I went to open the gate I found that only one hen came out. Something burrowed two feet under the ground under a wooden fence, and came up on the inside of the chicken run. I could see the feather of two of our hens. Our rather large duck (Pekin Duck) was gone, and our rooster (my best friend in the world) was stuck in the bottom of the hole. I am so upset that we followed what so many people has suggested to a T. We used steal fence all the way around the run...wooden fence used as a retaining wall on the back side (where this thing burrowed down), we put chicken fence into the ground all the way around it...chicken wire over the top too! I never heard of putting it also under the dirt!

I dont know what to do now....we only have one tramatized hen.

What do you think could have done this? The hole was only about 6 inches around, but two feet deep. What can we do to ensure this doesnt happen again? We plan to set a trap, and also to watch out and see if we see anything. although...I doubt we will because we have never seen anything out here when we were looking for it.

Please help. The picture of the orange chicken in my last posting is our one remaining chicken.

All I do know is that i want to cry more...I feel like I am going to be sick any minute...and I am going to miss my chickens and duck. They were the one thing that I was happy to come home to.