Help what killed my chickens??

[kahrinp]

We woke up this morning to 4 of our chickens dead. Their heads were pulled through fence of their coop and cut off. We saw a cat about a month ago... could it have done this? I have a video but not sure how to add it here.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Definitely not a cat. I’d say Raccoon. They pop the heads off

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

We woke up this morning to 4 of our chickens dead. Their heads were pulled through fence of their coop and cut off. We saw a cat about a month ago... could it have done this? I have a video but not sure how to add it here.

Sorry for your loss this morning
To post a video download it to YouTube then post the link
There are other sites as well but I never remember what they are called
I haven’t got any experience to my birds being pulled through a fence as mine are in a solid pen to sleep with a regular wood fence around the yard so nothing would be able to pull them but other posts I have read could be many kinds of predators be able to do this
My biggest predators are hawks

 

[kahrinp]

Thank you I will try that

Sorry for your loss this morning
To post a video download it to YouTube then post the link
There are other sites as well but I never remember what they are called
I haven’t got any experience to my birds being pulled through a fence as mine are in a solid pen to sleep with a regular wood fence around the yard so nothing would be able to pull them but other posts I have read could be many kinds of predators be able to do

Sorry for your loss this morning
To post a video download it to YouTube then post the link
There are other sites as well but I never remember what they are called
I haven’t got any experience to my birds being pulled through a fence as mine are in a solid pen to sleep with a regular wood fence around the yard so nothing would be able to pull them but other posts I have read could be many kinds of predators be able to do this
My biggest predators are hawks

 

[Isadora]

We woke up this morning to 4 of our chickens dead. Their heads were pulled through fence of their coop and cut off. We saw a cat about a month ago... could it have done this? I have a video but not sure how to add it here.

Not a typical cat kill. Raccoons are notorious for pulling things through fences and for removing heads.
The way to prevent that in the future is to have hardware cloth or other fencing wire that's close enough together so a raccoon can't fit its' paw through.
I'm sorry for your losses.

 

[McChooky]

Chickens need a secure coop at night with 1/2" hardware cloth over the vents so predators can't kill them.Chicken wire isn't predator proof.Sorry for your loss.

 

[McChooky]

Not a typical cat kill. Raccoons are notorious for pulling things through fences and for removing heads.
The way to prevent that in the future is to have hardware cloth or other fencing wire that's close enough together so a raccoon can't fit its' paw through.
I'm sorry for your losses.

X2

 

[BeetaLiK]

I'm so sorry for your loss! but i'm thinking that maybe it was a weasel? or a raccoon, if it was a cat they would be most likely to carry it off with them. i'm not 100% sure. But if this becomes an issue, I would recommend putting some netting over the fence around the pen.