I am absolutely wrecked. Beau was my favorite girl. A beautiful buff Orpington. She loved snuggles and did stampy feet if I didn’t pick her up fast enough. I don’t know when it happened. Maybe right after their auto door opened in the morning? But that’s well after sunrise. But a cat got her. I don’t know what came over me but I have been devastated for two days. I am usually a pretty tough person and deal with loss well. Y’all I was on my knees sobbing in the yard. We have such a protected space. I coop them every night. I was in the process of building a run but they have free ranged for 8 months without issue. I couldn’t breathe when I found the piles of feathers. I couldn’t find her body for a day. My best friend found her little sweet body and did the world’s kindest thing and put her in a box without me seeing. Maybe I’m not cut out for this. I love all of our girls but we let Beau have inside privileges. She’s a special kind of soul. How do you all deal with the loss? I know it’s a risk we all face raising our chickens. I know this is just a sad part of it. But she’s our first loss and I’m gutted. I love you, baby Beau.