Perhaps it will become hookery without the chookery?

It is with deep regret that I post this message to you ....  Unfortunately this morning while we were out, Monsieur Renard came into our garden, dug his way into the chicken run and kidnapped not one, but two, of our chickens seen here only a few weeks ago.  The third chicken has been attacked and has lost a few feathers but is, for the most part, OK.