It's always devastating to lose chickens. The last two times it's been my husband who's discovered them and he's had to clean up everything before I got home. Both times it was years apart, because we'd stupidly got complacent. The first time only one chook survived, my favourite, so we bought new ones to keep her company. We've gone a few months without them until we figure out a more foxproof solution. Your brood looks gorgeous - a mixed bunch, like mine were - Rhode Islands, gold laced wyandottes and australorps (the silkies just don't hack the extremes in temperature in Victoria, well, I've had no luck with them) ... they look like they are in such good hands!! They must get a hell of a fright... xxx