Sorry for your loss, it does always stink. Unfortunately, short I locking them up there isn't much you can do. Sounds like you've already done what you can. It's nature (boo lol), but don't give it up. Chickens are so fun to have around
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was this slightly after dusk? If so maybe it was an owl. The great horned owl in our area eats necks to the point of severing the head before moving on to other meat. We even lost a cat to the owl. Owls can be brave though, I recommend having some scarry object with you if you decide to approach an owl. A broom stick or a loud noise maker should help. A flashlight not so much.After over a year since my last Hawk attack a Hawk has attacked again and killed one of my girls :-(. After the first attack, Minnie survived by some miracle! I then put of CD's and reflective tape all around my yard and it worked. But with the winds and rains over the past year I had lost some of my reflectiveness in the yard. I didn't replace any and low and behold the Hawk got Minnie this time. She was still warm when I got home so I think I scared the Hawk away. Do hawks tend to eat the necks first? This is how I found her, neck eaten to the bone, and her pouch cleaned out, but the rest intact. I found a beautiful place to bury her next to the rest of her flock mates. The rest of her family has been traumatized too :-(