The Disappearing Cabbage

     It's been several weeks since we have planted our plants in the garden. We believed that when we left our plants in the garden they would become big and healthy plants. However that was not the case. When we returned to the garden after a few weeks we found out that our plants have been either been damaged or dead.  

Part 1 

Evidence:

This is the site of where the plants were planted are in disarray. The mulch that we put around our plant has been rummaged through by something.

     Judging from the picture above we believed that something moved the plants. The area was messy the mulch we placed around the plant was scattered around the planting site.

A picture of what seems like digging in the site of the plants.

     This picture tells us that something dug up our plants. The only thing we can think of that would intentionally dig up our plants was the chickens close by.

Weeds that have been used as food by something near our plants.

     This pictures brings us to believe that there is something else that might cause the disappearance of our plant. Judging from the small holes we concluded that these weeds were being eaten by a species of small insect.

Hypothesis:

  After observing the evidence and researching about tiny insects and chickens, we have concluded that a chicken has eaten our plant. After researching more about chickens we've learned that chickens can dig, eat cabbage, and can jump. By bringing these facts together we came up with a hypothesis that one of the chickens in the coop jumped onto a bin in the chicken area and went to the plant are and dug up the plants and ate them.

Part 2