Can anyone help me figure out what happened.

[jjparke]

There would be a lot bigger mess if it was coons. Foxes will haul them off clean. I had a pair of foxes make off with 22 of mine in 1 night. They had to pull 2 cinder blocks out of the way to get to my chickens. I know it was foxes cause I woke up to feed the baby and looked out the window and saw them. I tried a livetrap and all I caught was a skunk. Good luck though.

 

[The Sheriff]

From standing back in the pasture and looking around I could see a feather trail leading from the coop so I followed it. It ended here with the chicken being pulled under a 3 inch gap beneath the fence onto the dirt road.

The picture is deceiving. The gap under the fence is only 2 and a half, maybe three inches.

Another trail ended here.

 

[mjuenem]

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Even the hugest raccoons can get through an opening the size of their skull. Even though they look huge because of their large and powerfull hind quarters, they can drag all that through a tiny opening. I would think a 4x5 hole would be a freeway to even the largest raccoon.