Help identifying predator

[ShellyBear]

I don't think farrell cats can kill that many chickens in two hours.

 

[123RedBeard]

Sounds like a hungry family of coyotes came to visit for dinner ... do you still have more live ones?

Have you any more attacks? Anything in the traps? Tracks?

 

[Manwilder]

I still have 9 hens and 3 guineas. I've left them confined in my large open air coop that is fully caged against predators. The traps haven't produced any results. I saw one track in the mud at the edge of the pond along with feathers. The track looked like it was left by a coyote or large dog. It could be an unrelated track left by my neighbors dogs since they sometimes roam around in that area.

 

[Manwilder]

The prevailing theory is that the culprits are coyotes. I predator hunt and have decoys, calls etc. I've never heard a coyote howl in the area, but it looks like I need to throw out some calls and see what happens. I'm also putting out several game cameras. The other problem is that I'm only weeks away from getting goats, so I need to resolve this.

 

[Manwilder]

I caught a huge opossum. At least I know the trap next to the coop works.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

I caught a huge opossum. At least I know the trap next to the coop works.

Possums don't normally cause multiple chickens to just vanish.