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Sometimes snakes will take down prey that are too big for them to swallow. They'll start to swallow them down, which kills the victim, and then they regurgitate them when they can't swallow them all the way. Maybe your mean hen is to blame? Or maybe now you're just keeping whatever was getting...

^ It very well could be a snake too, they're good climbers and good at finding places that aren't protected. Its pretty horrible to find a chicken that's been spit back up by a snake :/ And I'd bet you have plenty of them in Tx!

According to Google and Wikipedia, you've got badgers, mink, ferrets and weasels in Tx. The mink, ferrets and weasels could easily squeeze into the smallest of spaces or get around chicken wire and then climb up the roost to get to them. Just sayin', they'd be what I would be looking for if I...

Do you have an apron of hardware cloth around the bottom of your coop? Just because you haven't seen a weasel, doesn't mean you don't have them. They're pretty much everywhere. Stoats aren't much different, if you've got those. If they can't climb or squeeze in, they will dig in. Their holes are...

x2? If the chickens are the ones doing it, theres going to be some evidence like missing feathers, peck marks or holes and blood. What's your set up like? Where are you finding them dead? Do they have access to a run, is it covered or uncovered? What do you feed? How old are the hens you're...