Killed chicken and buried, mystery killer?

[aart]

Good Luck...they are very hard to trap.

 

[Ridgerunner]

That often happens to me, I have to get some possum out of the way before I can get the raccoon I'm really after.

I don't think I showed this earlier. I wire a piece of plywood under my trap to give it stability and so nothing can get to the bait from below. Then I built a box to go over the trap so the only way to the bait is through the front door.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

.....so for another baked chicken for bait tonight and hope for the best. So far the trap has caught two cats and three large possums.

What did you do with the three large possums previously caught?
If you released them then how do you know that you didn't catch one large possum three times?

 

[blairctchickens]

oh they were relocated, farther than one could drive to.

 

[aart]

oh they were relocated, farther than one could drive to.

Relocated but not released on this earth, maybe into this earth?

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Relocated but not released on this earth, maybe into this earth?

As the old church hymn mentioned "On the Opposite Bank of the river Jordan?"

 

[Folly's place]

Or, 'Over the rainbow bridge'? Mary

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Or, 'Over the rainbow bridge'? Mary

Missy, we think alike.

 

[Phillip Marr]

Doing my chicken count last night and saw I had a missing hen. After a thorough search of the run, I found her buried in my compost bin (yes in the run) with just her feet sticking out. I unearthed the hen and found her back tore out and the innards eaten. The head, neck and all the feathers were still intact. Time of the attack was just before dusk. I have 16 other surviving girls and one rooster (Coward lol) and none show any signs of stress or injuries. I set a trap to catch the killer, and after a couple hours I went to check the trap and saw a possum checking it out. My question is; would the possum do this type of killing or do I have something else lurking around? I have lots of neighborhood cats running around, could it be one of them?

It's either a fox or a bobcat killing and burying your chickens. I have had the same problems and we have both running around our place over the years.

 

[Krugerrand]

It's either a fox or a bobcat killing and burying your chickens. I have had the same problems and we have both running around our place over the years.

Welcome! This was 5 years ago. The OP hasn't been around for over 4 years. We may never know.