Disgusted and angry....

[Folly's place]

Se if your DNR person will come out, or at least get very good pictures of the tracks to take in. Any stray hair around? That would help too.
Mary

 

[llombardo]

Wolves? Would wolves do this?

 

[Birdsong 82]

I didn’t see the tracks till after I guessed coyote and once saw the track I thought it was a bit large for coyote. Think no matter if it dog or predator first step of solution is that fence

 

[CannedMonster]

Wolves? Would wolves do this?

It’s unlikely because they would’ve eaten them all. Or at least more than two.
Dogs are well known to chase and kill but not eat much.

 

[Chicken-Boy]

I do believe it was a dog, it makes sense to me. There was no stray hair to be found so no luck there. All the older hens and roosters survived so that also makes me believe dog. I feel if it was a wolf or coyote more adults would have died other than momma hen

 

[ronott1]

I do believe it was a dog, it makes sense to me. There was no stray hair to be found so no luck there. All the older hens and roosters survived so that also makes me believe dog. I feel if it was a wolf or coyote more adults would have died other than momma hen

Probably more than one dog

 

[Chicken-Boy]

Yeah it was two, I found two sets of tracks.

 

[ronott1]

Yeah it was two, I found two sets of tracks.

They work in pairs to get prey.

 

[kwhites634]

I think you're looking for dogs too. Maybe someone's hunting dogs? A friend of the family breeds TN Walkers for example, they have huge paws, his adult males weigh 60-70 lbs, lots of energy, and a very strong prey drive. He has his trained to hunt in pairs, they will kill but not consume. We have neighbors that keep Blue Ticks those dang dogs escape all the time.

TN Walkers? You sure? All the TN Walkers I ever bred grew to 1,000+ lbs, had hooves, stood at least 15h at the withers, and gave me a very smooth ride.
There may be a breed of dogs called TN Walkers, I'm not saying there's not, just that I've never heard of them. Treeing Walkers, yes, no doubt; fine coon dogs.

 

[Cyprus]

TN Walkers? You sure? All the TN Walkers I ever bred grew to 1,000+ lbs, had hooves, stood at least 15h at the withers, and gave me a very smooth ride.
There may be a breed of dogs called TN Walkers, I'm not saying there's not, just that I've never heard of them. Treeing Walkers, yes, no doubt; fine coon dogs.

It's another name for treeing walkers.