Just a gut pile...

[Bawkbawkcanuck]

I just came home to find my last 6 week old pullet eaten. The predator isn't touching my hens who are in a fenced in pen.

First pullet just disappeared- no trace
Second- just a gut pile,some feathers, and the inside contents of the crop. But no bones??!

Any thoughts? Kestral?

 

[sourland]

I would guess a raptor. More likely a Cooper's hawk.

 

[Bawkbawkcanuck]

Thanks sourland!!

 

[glassdragonfly]

So sorry! Yup I would guess hawk too.

 

[Bawkbawkcanuck]

Figured it out! It went in for another easy meal today, but I caught it in the act. It was a kestrel. Roo got the girls inside and I scared it off.

Thanks for your help everyone!

 

[glassdragonfly]

Good Roo! I use tin pie pans tied with yarn to a fence post to scare the hawks away. They don't like the sun reflecting on the pans. I haven't lost a chicken to a hawk since putting it up.

 

[Skippersnh]

Hawks eat bones?

 

[Skippersnh]

A hawk can't swallow all the bones noway sounds like a dog or coyote to me