All right... Here is one for you... I let the chickens out this morning... All chickens accounted for. I make sure they are all there at night before I close up too. Anyway, at some point in time today, something got one of my middle aged chicks... I have 3 different week groups... Well anyway, one of Skatters, her only blackie, Jace found its wing and thought it was so cool... he didn't realise it was a chickens wing. I checked it out, and was like, its pretty freshly torn off... SO, I asked him where he found it, he showed me, and I found feathers and the chicks feet. No body, no head... just one wing and feet. AND what ever ate him ate him very very close to the chickens normal day time hang out. AND non of the chickens were freaked out at all! I am thinking a stray cat because cats are about the only things that my chickens do not run from. AND the alarm never sounded today either. I told my neighbor, and he said that he's seen a new stray hanging around lately... Joy. I love cats normally, but not when they kill my chicks in the day light. Well, I guess thats one less cockerel. AT LEAST it picked the right one to take out.
Setting the trap again tonight. Baited it with the chick feet and more turkey. Hope to get me a coon... Or the stray cat. The cat will go to animal control.... so will the coon in a round about way.