[Casey76]

I've just got back from a 2 week holiday in the US to find that I have lost all my hens, this years POL pullets and the quail.

All I have left (and thank goodness I have some left) are my 2 poots, 2 dottes, a pair of CB Marans chicks and my 2 mystery chicks - which are all my tree roosters.

I don't know the full story, as I haven't spoken to my neighbour yet, but I'm a fence board (horizontal) missing along my boundry, so they either escaped and didn't come back, or a predator has got into the garden via the missing board.

[NormandyMary]

Oh my goodness, that's just awful. Im so very sorry for you. I hope you get to the bottom of the mystery. What a horrible thing to come back to. Im sending you a big hug.

Mary.

[Thingy]

Thats so sad .

I've had hens walk out on me before. Its not nice

[joyfull]

Oh Casey, how awful for you, hope you manage to sort out what happened xx

[GrannieAnnie]

Oh Casey, I'm so sorry to hear this.  Hope you at least find out what happened!

[Aunt Sally]

The neighbour (presuming they were the chicken sitters) should be able to shed some light on it.  It was probably a big shock for them too.

A nasty thing to happen when you're on holiday 

[wolverine]

did you find out what happened ?? maybe they are all hiding in a dark room with party hats on and are gonna supprise you to welcom you home like in the movies......
I hope they are

[Chablis Dog]

I am so sorry to hear that you have lost so many of your birds.  My dogs occasionally see off one or other of my birds and I know how upsetting it is just to lose one at a time, let alone a whole flock.  It must seriously take the shine off your holiday too.  However, if it was a predator, surely it would have taken the whole lot?  Puzzling about your damaged fence too.  I suspect if your hen-sitter is French, that will be gallic shrug territory...

[Foghorn-Leghorn]

I'm really sorry to hear about your missing chooks.  I hope you manage to find out what's happened whilst you were away.  It's sickening when anything happens to your birds, especially when it's totally out of your hands.

Poor you