My first ever predator death. :'( What did it?

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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Have to be a big rat, but yes Skunks do tend to get them to if they are hungry, they are actually just a big weasle, so they are just like them
As for the attack at hand, were there any tracks around? That would tell exactly what did it.
Aubrey

 

[Andora]

There weren't any tracks because the area is all grass.

 

[katechickie101]

Sorry 4 ur loss I think it's a weasel a racoon would take the entire carcass

 

[ChocoClover]

The predator that killed your chicken was not looking for a large meal, so that eliminates foxes, raccoons, weasels, coyotes, possums, rats, bears, skunks, and fishers. However, an animal that is looking for a small meal, like a hawk or owl, is a prime candidate. Birds of prey tend to eat the head, leaving everything else. Also, since the door was open, it could have been a dog. As many know, dogs like to shake their prey. Shaking like this could result in a beheading, and the body could have been flung under the coop. However, the prime candidate would be an owl, because the incident happened at night, the feathers were left in a neat little pile, and owls are relatively more common than dogs.

 

[ariconnie48]

I know this was four years ago, but I'm so sorry about your hen. I think a weasel killed her, but I'm not sure.

 

[chickyfuzz]

Could be a female fox some just drag the carcass someware and left it and the head could have been thrown away by it.