We've had something come in at night and kill our chickens, not as much as before, but still enough. Last night (4am) we were woken up by a chicken doing an impersonation of Hamlet's death as it screamed its distress for the last part of the 4th act. Jed and I got up and went out looking for the culprit but were unable to find any signs. The ducks were all talkative about what was going on, the remaining chickens and pigs were sleeping, Al the gander was attentive and protecting the old coop, the sheep and goats were awake and running around (probably because the predator ran away through the pasture) and so looked around, calmed the rest of the animals and then tried to get back to sleep.
We'll have to see about what new safety measure we can take to catch the predator. we've noticed coyote and fox tracks in the stream bed. We'll see if we end up with some new furs or if we just make it as unappealing to come back to our place.
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