A Mild Massacre

[Wolfheart101]

Well, when I got home from school today, I discovered that some feathers were floating around. I'd seen this before: the neighbor's dog has escaped and "played with" our chickens. I went to evaluate the damage, and lo and behold, was a dead chicken.

It's body was mostly intact, except for the fact someone had eaten it's neck. The head was still attached, just missing it's neck meat. All the other chickens were fine, it was just this one.

So, I of course went to see if the neighbor's dog was in it's pen. It was. I don't know precisely when the attack occurred, sometime between last evening and 4:00 PM. A large window of time for this to have happened. We live in Central Texas, so I can assume some predators can be counted off from that.

Thanks for your help!

 

[rufus]

Sounds like a bird of prey. Probably an owl. Dog would have killed them all and made a real mess.

Rufus

 

[Pumpkinpup]

I agree that a bird of prey would be a very strong suspect due to the nature of the damage and the fact that only one casualty was suffered.

 

[Tala]

Why is your neighbors' dog "playing" with your birds anyway??

You need to have a perimeter fence on your property to protect your birds if they are not in a coop/run. If it's not the neighbors' dog today, it'll be a stray next week or next month, so you need a fence. Please keep your birds safe!!!!

 

[twisted troy]

possum?