Definitely fox (if they weren't cooped up when taken). Only other pred. that leaves as little trace would be a `two-legged' pred. A pair made off with our neighbor's 13 Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets in fifteen minutes with only a couple of feathers remaining to tell the tale.
Start walking patterns out from your place. They will usually carry them off to a specific location (don't usually bury the cache at this time of year), and eat. If you find this then check at the base of big tree snags/south facing hillsides/abandoned barns or sheds those are favorite den sites, and usually the den will be within a couple hundred of the feathers (usually nothing else will remain).
They go blood simple after they get a taste and will stand still while being shot at (or will return within an hour of being chased off). Have had some luck with snares along fence lines, took a couple with leg holds, but have shot more than I'll ever trap.
Good luck!
Fox Scat for ID (they like to use the road when the underbrush is still wet after it rains)
Start walking patterns out from your place. They will usually carry them off to a specific location (don't usually bury the cache at this time of year), and eat. If you find this then check at the base of big tree snags/south facing hillsides/abandoned barns or sheds those are favorite den sites, and usually the den will be within a couple hundred of the feathers (usually nothing else will remain).
They go blood simple after they get a taste and will stand still while being shot at (or will return within an hour of being chased off). Have had some luck with snares along fence lines, took a couple with leg holds, but have shot more than I'll ever trap.
Good luck!
Fox Scat for ID (they like to use the road when the underbrush is still wet after it rains)
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