Predators often begin snacking on the heads of chickens. The head is just hanging out there on the end of a chickens neck, so it is as good a place to start eating as any other. I've noticed that cats, shrews, etc also dine from the head down. Some scientist think that the high quality fat and protein found in brain tissue is partly responsible for this dining preference. However chickens are bird brained and thus have itty bitty, small, tiny, pigmy, pea sized, brains. Since I have never been reincarnated as either a hawk, mink, coon, fox, owl, or any of the other chicken killing vermin, I must leave it up to the predators to know why.what kind of animal bites the head off and leaves the body..... [?]
Had 2 dead in the pen last week and this morning 3 in the house dead, I left the dogs run at night and it still came back.
any ideal what kind of animal does it.