A Badger?!

So a couple weeks ago we lost all remaining 6 chickens to a wild animal in one night. I had heard the rooster at 6 a.m. just long enough for me to think "O, he is up early" and went back to sleep. It was eerie going outside to no chickens. I walked up to the coop and sure enough there were feathers all around. I followed the feather trail to a hole in the dirt mound by our empty pond. At first I thought it must have been the raccoons. Then we heard the the neighbors up behind us had lost animals to a fox. But I was surprised to receive a phone call this morning from our neighbor saying he lost all his chickens this morning to a huge badger and that the badger started to chase him! So until we get this badger caught my kids will be staying inside the house.