Does a rooster kill hens?

[FidChick]

Yesterday morning we heard a strange weird crow and figured out that our 5 month old Wyandotte that was so big was actually a rooster. We have a Bantam rooster. I did not hear him crow at all yesterday and “Little Squirt” was always crowing frequently thru the day. But then, I wasn’t home most of the day. I did not go down to the “Poultry Palace” yesterday at all. This am when I went I was shocked to find my Americauna dead in the coop, and in the run Little Squirt & 6 mo old Leghorn just with skeletal remains!!! All my doorways and all surrounding chickwire fencing intact! One other hen has damaged comb with dried blood.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Roosters can on occasion kill another bird, but it sounds more like a predator got in your pen. Critters like weasel are small and get into the smallest hole.

 

[Skippersnh]

Predator for sure

 

[AltonaAcres]

That is crazy, I have a giant Wyandotte rooster, and a bantam roo named Squirt. What a coincidence! I am sorry about your loses, sounds like a predator other than a rooster.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Predator for sure

For sure? You sure it wasn't worms?

 

[FidChick]

That is crazy, I have a giant Wyandotte rooster, and a bantam roo named Squirt. What a coincidence! I am sorry about your loses, sounds like a predator other than a rooster.
So why would predator leave one dead hen up inside coop and her egg was up on top of roost over nesting boxes where she ALWAYS laid her eggs (only have 1 Americauna and was a green egg) like she wasn’t able to get into nesting box to lay her egg? There are ramp/steps down to 12x20 run and so I can’t see why weasel would leave her up in coop?

 

[FidChick]

For sure? You sure it wasn't worms?

WORMS??? They would kill one hen and leave up in coop and completely devour other 2chickens!?!!

 

[bobbi-j]

A weasel likely wouldn't be able to drag her out of the coop. They tend to leave chickens lay where they kill them. It could be that your males picked at the bodies after the other chickens were dead.

 

[Skippersnh]

@The Moonshiner it's definitely not works this time lol

 

[The Moonshiner]

WORMS??? They would kill one hen and leave up in coop and completely devour other 2chickens!?!!

No.
That was just a reply to the member I quoted. I've came across a few of their posts the last few days and I believe that was their only one I saw that didn't refer to worms.
Just double checking with them since worms seem to be the subject of all their posts.