Dead chickens!!

[Monika2]

Hello good day people, so this morning I found two of my chickens dead.
The annual was bitten off and all the internal organs were gone.
I have no idea what kind of animal could be doing this.
There were also no traces of blood .
Please can someone tell me what could be doing this?

 

[Monika2]

Hello good day people, so this morning I found two of my chickens dead.
The annual was bitten off and all the internal organs were gone.
I have no idea what kind of animal could be doing this.
There were also no traces of blood .
Please can someone tell me what could be doing this?

I'm sorry I meant the anus was bitten off

 

[makena]

Woah... I am thinking either a racoon or a really big rat!! No idea why there are no traces of blood though.... I'm also thinking of owl as they could peck their way in...

 

[Monika2]

Woah... I am thinking either a racoon or a really big rat!! No idea why there are no traces of blood though.... I'm also thinking of owl as they could peck their way in...

Yeah I have no idea too..
You really think it could be a rat?

 

[DobieLover]

Hello good day people, so this morning I found two of my chickens dead.
The annual was bitten off and all the internal organs were gone.
I have no idea what kind of animal could be doing this.
There were also no traces of blood .
Please can someone tell me what could be doing this?

Sounds like a weasel or fisher cat.
You need to address your predator proofing now as it will be back for more.

 

[True Patriot]

Weasel or opossum. You need to find where it got in and close it up. Any holes you could fit a quarter through are big enough to let a predator in. When looking for the holes don't forget to look up. Most are agile climbers.

 

[True Patriot]

Woah... I am thinking either a racoon or a really big rat!! No idea why there are no traces of blood though.... I'm also thinking of owl as they could peck their way in...

It's not the right kind of attack for an owl. They prefer hunting in open areas where they can strike their prey from above. They also don't chew through wire or pry openings.

 

[dalasgalas]

Fishercats can do an unreal amount of damage to chickens. They can take out a whole flock.

 

[50-45-1]

So the chickens are killed at night?
Possum are known to disembowel chickens. Can possum get in your coop?
Thats a pretty big hole.
Another poster had a problem like this and it turned out that his flock were so crouded together and bored, the chickens themselves were the culprit.

 

[MnchFmlyFrm]

I'm sorry I meant the anus was bitten off

here in my coop we have both coons and skunks both have that method of killing, skunks are more likely to go for eggs, but if the chicken is in the way, the hen is first. It's easy to tell if it's a skunk they dig around the edges, but the racoon finds any loose spot in the coop.