We had another loss last night. What looked like a coyote came out of the woods and grabbed clover, my lavender orpington. I thought I was going to be able to save her but then after I started getting her cleaned up I realized it basically skinned her entire back and then down her right side. I thought I was going to be able to take care of it and fix it and she would be okay but there was just so much skin missing from her side that it didn't seem possible for her to make it. So now I'm super traumatized and I am for sure not getting chickens again after these are gone. Been thinking about ways that I can section things off so they can still get to their dusting spots but are separated from the woods a little bit more. I think I'm going to get one of those plastic snow fences that are usually like bright orange and I'm going to string it across the back where they like to dust that way I can roll it up when it's not being used so that way any of the bunnies that are out there will still be able to roam around without separated from the yard all the time. My dad offered to put in a chain link fence across the back of the yard but anything big enough to get to them while I'm out there wouldn't be able to fit through the fence so it would have to go over the fence. And then I'll do the same on the other side of the coop. But fortunately where I live there is no closed season for coyotes so if I'm lucky I might get a nice new rug.