A Mystery That Needs Solving ASAP!!!!!!!

[slingshotandLAR]

Here's a mystery. Momma bird on a nest in ferns on the easement, gets three of fifteen eggs hatched before 9 pm. The next morning just after 6, all that is left is ten babies with two dud eggs and two fern fronds bent over the nest. No feathers, blood, trauma, or destruction. Oh, and remaining babies are healthy and vibrant.

Same as before could be anything.....

Day old chicks are easy picking for just about anything that goes bump in the night. Depending on where you live it can be anything from a snake to an owl.

Only way to make sure they live is make them secure

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Same as before could be anything.....

Day old chicks are easy picking for just about anything that goes bump in the night. Depending on where you live it can be anything from a snake to an owl.

Only way to make sure they live is make them secure

That's the thing though. The nest was wholly in tact and ten babies peeping away abd healthy. The two dud eggs were undisturbed as well.

 

[slingshotandLAR]

That's the thing though. The nest was wholly in tact and ten babies peeping away abd healthy. The two dud eggs were undisturbed as well.

I would lean toward a raptor....

If they wandered just far enough out they could get scooped up and gone, anything with legs would have gotten them all

 

[Cockatrice6420]

The first kill- the little sliding door was cracked open, one chicken lying there dead with its feathers spread everywhere and all the eggs were sucked out but the twist is there were like five other chickens not touched.
The second kill- everything was locked up one chicken lying there dead with its feathers spread everywhere and but the eggs where gone and shells,also one chicken is missing while there were like three chickens untouched.
The chicken coop run is chain link and one side of the fence has cinder blocks under because it was to short.
PLEASE HELP I NEED TO FIND OUT ASAP!!!!!!

If it is a coon, it will be easy to bait it. I use one egg carton, one handful of dog or cat food (or both), and Crack one egg over it all in the carton. Include the shell. Put the bait in your yard where there is constant light, as coons are only deterred by sudden light. About 30 min to three hours after sunset, have a rifle ready with a window or door open, as sudden noise will stop them though they will stand up for a minute to inspect. Please be sure there are no people, pets, houses, or rocks in your line of fire prior to setting the bait and therefore before firing a weapon.