CSI: Missing Chicken Edition

UPDATE- as of 2/27/24.  Found the other hens dead in their coop this morning.  I will spare you the gorey details but this attack seemed to have been a weasel. :(  Guess we will for sure be pullet shopping in the spring.
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More silliness but alittle sadness.

We had our first hen go missing this week.  It was  Penny, one of the Ameraucanas, that layed colored eggs.  Sniff, sniff.  Penny is the copper colored one in the front here-

Question is what happened to her?  There is no sign of any foul play (or fowl play).  Crime scene is clean-

But we investigated...

And investigated...

There were a few feathers found coming from the coop but not enough to raise suspicion.

This guy is the most likely suspect but there still should have been traces of a struggle.

Hmmmm...

I have my guess what happened but its not interesting enough to share.  Questionable whether this entire post was interesting enough to share.  Guess we will be pullet shopping in the spring.  I would like a Barred Rock but really like those Easter Egg laying varieties.  Decisions, decisions.

Much more interesting post about our chickens-
Keeping Chickens is it Worth It, Are Free Range Hens Eggs Better?
MTV Cribs, The Pullet Chalet