OUR MYSTERY!

Over the last few days all of our chickens have disappeared. First we found one with her back broken then, a couple days later we realized all of our hens were gone leaving the rooster alone. After some searching we found two dead in our neighbors back yard. We were stumped. They were disappearing at night and they roost up high in the barn rafters. Today we woke up and realized we didn't hear the rooster crowing. We went outside to find his feathers everywhere! Then today another neighbor came over and asked if we had chickens because over the last week he had two dead chickens show up in his yard. I went on the internet and looked up the way they were killed and eaten and it linked me to either a bobcat ( which I had suspected) or a Lynx. They are not in the area so we think it must be a bobcat that took all of our chickens in just a matter of days. Absolutely crazy! We have had these chickens for 6 years and never had any problems. But to make good out of bad we can now put in our garden. The chickens always scratched in there and ruined the plants. So life will be fine but Still kind of eery to think there is a bobcat out there or something even bigger! EEEEKKK!