predator eating birds

  1. W

    Predator that eats only the neck but leaves the spine and head intact. Help Identify please.

    We found one of our chickens whose neck was stripped of all flesh and feathers but leaves a naked spine connected to a fully intact head and the breast down was perfectly fine aswell. This is the second time this has happened, the first time was either at night or early afternoon. The one we...
  2. Fangeddeer

    Mystery small predator!

    I woke up today to find out 3 of my 1 month olds were gone. And there were very small amount of feathers. I did find what looked to b a gut, wing, and some feathers attached to a skin in a circle n some other feathers outside but very little. The hole wasn’t that big, since I have a door...
  3. H

    I need help identifying the killer of my whole flock

    Not mine but my grandmother had 7 chickens all fully grown and laying and one rooster. About a week ago I got a call from her saying a predator had gotten her chickens all except 2. They had been eaten from the butt first. She got the two live ones inside a dog cage and waited for me to get over...
  4. I

    Something's killing my new hens (warning: a tad graphic)

    Hi Folks, I'm new to the forum, but not new to chickens. However, this is my first full year living on the prairie as a single person in northern Iowa. I lived in NE Iowa before this, and in the mountains of NorCal, since 1985. always rural since 1982, mostly with chickens. Here at my new home...
    • IowaLez
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    • carcass picked clean cat also gone in a tree predator eating birds
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    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  5. house.of.ducks

    Fox keeps taking ducks!!

    So far i have had two ducks taken by a fox in my neighborhood. The first was one of my two young muscovies back in November or December, and just yesterday one of my welshies (one of the 2 first ducks i ever got) was taken and she would have been 2 years old on September 5th. I think of my ducks...
    • house.of.ducks
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    • advice needed duck help muscovies predator predator attack predator control predator deterrent predator eating birds welsh harlequin
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  6. MarioBranwell

    All my chickens Died :(

    I had 5 chickens with 2 roosters. We had a steady egg production every day and not only that, It was my first batch of chickens and I treated them as family and I still cannot accept their loss! Today morning when I went to the coop to give them food, all were lying down DEAD! :'( When I...
    • MarioBranwell
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    • chicken homestead chickens predator attack predator control predator eating birds predator help predator hunter trap
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Predators and Pests
  7. Flower84

    Need help fast identifying chicken killer!

    It started Tuesday with a random dead bird, no signs of being eaten. Then Wednesday when I got home from work I found 2 of my 2 month old light brahmas gutted out and left in the run. Thursday one more now Friday 2 more! I am so upset and dont know what could be doing this. We do have a few...
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