Who is eating an stealing my chickens

[ilovechickens]

Any Idea what would kill two chickens, one dead and whole, the other dead with the breast cavity and all insides gone, and another two just gone. The two dead ones were laying side by side in the center of their pen. There was no commotion the night of the killings.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

rats? weasel? the ones that are just "gone" were probably taken by hawks or some bird of prey.

 

[nccountrygirl]

Do a search and see which one fits the description.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-predators.html

 

[ilovechickens]

I have bird netting over the top of the outside pens, they might get in, but they would have a very difficult time getting out. I found feathers that went into the woods, and just ended.

 

[LynneP]

Sounds like member of the weasel family. You have to get your coop sealed against them. No openings big enough for an object the size of a hot dog. Very sorry to hear this.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Sorry about your birds. I agree, it sounds like a weasel. Bad critter. un