Badger kills and eats chicken

Having finished his meal while two of us quietly watched, the badger made his way off, leaving behind the egg in uncharacteristic preference to the chicken. His speed increased as he reached the pony's paddock ( they chase foxes and badgers!) his set is in the woodland beyond, across a narrow road straight ahead of him. Incidentally, badgers are protected in UK, so I can disuade him from visiting but not kill or harm him. My personal view is that we all have to eat... and in fact I actively encourage the badgers to use a play hole in the middle of my field, so if the odd rogue one decides to hunt hens then I can't really blame them! Hopefully I can stop him taking more by being more vigilant with pen fencing as he is not actually torn the fence himself to get in.