Fox?

[sunbonnetchick]

6 chickens attacked and gone between 0800-1100 am, right next to house. Was it a fox?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Hard to say without knowing where you live.
Perhaps some are hiding. A fox usually only takes one bird.

 

[BabyandCotton]

Could it be a pair of foxes with younger kits or with older kits being taught to hunt?
-Liv

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It's just rare for 6 grown birds to just disappear. There are usually remains. A fox can only fit one bird in its mouth at a time. Perhaps a pack of dogs.

I would be hoping some of the birds to return after their trauma subsides.

 

[Caits Coop]

If a fox came to get one the rest may have gotten scared and ran off

 

[Urlec]

More information is definitely heeded. Pictures of your setup, tracks, holes ripped or dug, condition of any remains you find. 6 entire birds are a lot for one attack unless your dealing with multiple animals or something bringing birds back to a den.

 

[JackE]

A fox WILL take more than one bird in an attack. I lost 9 out of 11 in one, and 7 in another. Both were daytime attacks.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

6 chickens gone...daytime, and no mention of remains being found....

With just that small little bit of information, it's a bit difficult to nail it down. So as a guess I'd say you have a Vixen, with kits that she's feeding.

She'll be back though...again and again.

 

[Lisa Wood]

6 chickens attacked and gone between 0800-1100 am, right next to house. Was it a fox?

Were your birds free range, in a run?

 

[chickentvforme]

A fox will take more than one bird. They typically will kill a bird and then take the body off a little ways and leave it. Then they go back and kill other birds and repeat until all are gone or they get spooked. We had a fox attack three weeks ago. It took 5 of my chickens. We had feathers all over the yard. It is terrible and I'm so sorry for your loss.