I had two of my birds killed at night the end of last summer. I caught a skunk first and then after the second killing I caught a coon. Both chickens had the same wounds you describe. I thought this was very strange that it could have been a skunk because I have a 6 foot fence around the coop area. Then January 30th I lost another chicken. I heard a ruckus out front, the girls free range when I am home, a cat killed a third chicken down in my window well late afternoon. Believe it or not the exact same wounds. Head intact, neck meat eaten away down to where it meets the body, no real wounds on body, feathers all over the place. The only way I knew it was the cat is because I ran out the door and saw the cat following the last 3 chickens. Obviously I was way to late and I hate myself for it. At any rate I put the live trap out again and caught a cat, not the cat, but a cat that night. Determined to catch the cat I set the trap again the next night, and so it goes. We caught 7 cats in 20 days. Yes I caught the cat, but I am not going to stop until I get a real dry spell. I am galled at the fact there are so many 'outside/feral' cats. In the last 3 days I have had a Cooper or Sharp Shinned Hawk, not a Red Tailed, attack two of my remaining hens a huge BR and an EE. Fortunately I caught it in the act and ran out before there was much more than mental trauma and a bunch of feathers. My BO and BCM were the first two killed, large birds and the 1st EE that was killed by the cat wasn't real small. Kinda tired of this. Good luck.
