Coon

[cutter]

I couldnt find one of my big hens so i went to looking and found her by the river with all her feathers plucked off her breast.I think maybe she will b alright,could this b a coon doing this.I didnt think a coon would do this in the daylight.

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

A dog maybe? Does she look like she got grabbed and shaken?

 

[aprophet]

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Animals are not so much nocturnal or not ,they are just opportunistic . When minimum human activity occurs they feed .

 

[Talihofarms]

I doubt it is a coon. The head is usually where they start in order to eat the crop first.
Weasel, Mink, Cat, more sounds like it. young hawk possibly.




just my .02

 

[cutter]

But why just the breast feathers gone?

 

[babalubird]

My guess is that's where she was first grabbed but somehow made a very lucky escape.