Could it be an armadillo?

[Thatcher97]

I had a animal come in and kill my rooster the first night, and it got in the coop and it was "Messy' to clean up, after patching the hole were it got in the next night there were two more hens gone, but this time there was not any sign of entry or a fight i think the animal just went next to the fence and bit it, There were Blood stains on the neck and a chunk missing from the head of the two hens. This animal would have to climb up the fence both times to get to the chickens... So i decided to take action, Every night i am now putting my hens and new rooster in cages and letting them out first thing in the morning but i am scared they will start molting, I also made a trap and caught an armadillo in it, after nights of failure i try-ed turkey (caught the armadillo), Pizza the bait was taken but not eaten, even raw chicken, I doubt it was a armadillo but is it possible? Are there any other possibilities of a animal that can climb? I live in south Florida.
Thank you.

 

[Ted n Ms]

Fox , Bobcat, Raccoon, Opossum.

 

[erinszoo]

Although opposums can climb, they don't usually climb fences. We had one kill two of our turkeys but it reached through the fence and pulled their heads through and ate them and left the bodies behind. There wasn't much blood but a lot of feathers and two dead headless chickens. If it was a bobcat or fox they would have eaten more than a chuck out of the head, there would be little left but feathers and maybe a little blood here or there. Most cats don't eat the head at all. It could be a raccoon or weasel. Did it go through chicken wire or dig a hole or what?

 

[Thatcher97]

It climbed up a fence about % FT high then went through chicken wire, It basically made a hole through it to get in, it probably happened when the sun was about to rize around 4 because i woke up to my dogs going berserk.

 

[Thatcher97]

4 Feet*

 

[WallabyOfChaos]

Sounds like a raccoon or an opossum. Your armadillo was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[Thatcher97]

Thanks, i fixed the problem. have not had a death since

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

*I know this is old*

Could it have been a rat?