Do your kids have any animals which are destined to be eaten as pets. My granddaughter came over to the farm a few months ago and "bonded" with a chicken of all things. They are together constantly. We live just across the road from them and as soon as she gets off of the school bus, she comes to our house to find Blackie (not very original being as how the hen is black). So she has saved one of the chickens from the frying pan. I'm just afraid she's going to find out what happens to the chickens that disappear from the chicken pen.