Dead rooster with no head

[cmom]

I’ve never seen a raccoon take a bird. They always kill it and eat usually just the head but sometimes a little more. When birds go missing it’s usually a fox or coyotes in some areas. I’ve also had a fox kill multiple birds and just eat the heads off a few while taking a bird for the road.

Here, during the summer months most of the predators are out at night because it's so hot out during the day. We are still in the 90's here during the day. Most every night I get mostly fox or coyotes on my game cameras. I have had owls, coons, fox, coyotes, possums, skunks and bobcats. I also have electric wire around my pens and coops, heavy duty netting covering my pens and concrete under the gates. All was done because of losses due to predators in the past and many times I would find the heads missing on the dead birds.

 

[NJ_Tara]

If it’s just a regular fence it may just be a fox. Dogs don’t do anything unless they are out there with them all the time. I have Dobermans and obviously their scent is all over the yard. Foxes don’t care. They’ll sit and survey the yard to make sure all is clear.
Chickens don’t always make much noise at night. Chickens go nuts when a hawk is seen but most remain quiet at night even when the one is being attacked.

Thanks for the info. It’s all very disturbing, but part of the learning process for me I guess. I’m just sorry I had to lose two of my munchkins to learn to be more careful

 

[cmom]

What would kill my rooster and only take his head? We found his body under some bushes.
I live in south east Georgia and read that weasels will do that, but not sure we have them here.

Do you have a game camera you can put up. In the past when I had a predator that is how I found out what it was. Once they kill they usually come back.