Predator identification

[McChooky]

The meat does look chewed

 

[TOR]

The meat does look chewed

have to be quite a few rats to do that, there is 1 animal which can be very persistant and crafty, use thier front legs liks arms and hands, zooming in I agree looks chewed. Hard to tell but looks like the part wing was chewed thru and by hind leg part of thin bone small section chewed thru.

 

[StarCreekFarm]

My thanks to everyone! My adversary is a giant raven who figured out how to open one of the hatches, that is midway up the fence around the aviary enclosure, that I use to move droppings and soiled bedding out of the aviary into a wheel barrow when I clean each day. I saw them undo the loop latch and lift the hatch, and duck under the hatch into the aviary. Since the youngsters weren't outside, they stole an egg from the ducks' house and flew off.

I have applied double snaps all around.

I can't tell you all how much I appreciate the Coop Crime Forensics Team here helping me figure this out. The moral support of this community means the world!

 

[StarCreekFarm]

have to be quite a few rats to do that, there is 1 animal which can be very persistant and crafty, use thier front legs liks arms and hands, zooming in I agree looks chewed. Hard to tell but looks like the part wing was chewed thru and by hind leg part of thin bone small section chewed thru.

Now that I saw this, I wonder if the raven might not be the problem. It's definitely not rats. I have never seen one during the day, and even at night, there weren't a plague of them

Off to see if anything else on the wildlife cam. After I watched the raven's entrance, I came back inside for snaps.

 

[TOR]

My thanks to everyone! My adversary is a giant raven who figured out how to open one of the hatches, that is midway up the fence around the aviary enclosure, that I use to move droppings and soiled bedding out of the aviary into a wheel barrow when I clean each day. I saw them undo the loop latch and lift the hatch, and duck under the hatch into the aviary. Since the youngsters weren't outside, they stole an egg from the ducks' house and flew off.

I have applied double snaps all around.

I can't tell you all how much I appreciate the Coop Crime Forensics Team here helping me figure this out. The moral support of this community means the world!

Thanks for posting back. Interesting the raven undid the loop latch, wow.
Sorry for your loss and glad you figurered it out.

 

[TOR]

Just FYI there is videos on youtube of raccoon undoing locks, like slide latch example. Anyway once they undo them they remember how

 

[StarCreekFarm]

Just FYI there is videos on youtube of raccoon undoing locks, like slide latch example. Anyway once they undo them they remember how

Amazing!

 

[StarCreekFarm]

Confirming my predator was a giant raven. They are excluded now by virtue of devices requiring opposable thumbs. I'm leaving the game cameras in place for the time being...just in case.

Again, my sincere thanks to everyone who provided their observations and ideas. It was all so very helpful.