Help identifying a predator

[aart]

Quote: Most animals killing is prompted by instinct or actual need for sustenance.
Humans are a different story.
Don't project human 'emotion' or thought processes onto other animals.

 

[shortgrass]

Most animals killing is prompted by instinct or actual need for sustenance.
Humans are a different story.
Don't project human 'emotion' or thought processes onto other animals.   

Yeah, lol I probably shouldn't have typed in "play" up there.... It's "honing hunting skills", like a cat " playing" with a dead mouse... Practicing with something that doesn't run away

They do look like they enjoy it though, probably more satisfaction that they're a good hunter.... Until its YOUR birds they're practicing on! I'd rather they take the bodies with them rather than leave them there for me to find; it seems like mockery.

 

[Bigwig]

A dog probable would have killed most or all of your chickens. I'm inclined to say it was a mink. Try putting a live trap near the coop and see what you catch because the predator will be back and might be more interested in a pile of dead meat than a chicken head that it has to fight to obtain.

Good luck and keep us posted.