Two birds dead. Skunks?

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

I woke up this morning and a rooster and a hen were both dead. Both in the creek. The run isn’t very sturdy, so whatever it was could have been anything. I’ve had raccoons in the past, but when I first found the corpses there was a skunk eating the hen.
My questions are these:
1. Can a skunk take down a full sized rooster?
2. Should I be concerned that a skunk was 2 feet away from me in broad daylight, and just…… casually walked away? Like, I looked over the edge of the creek, and it didn’t try to spray or anything. It just stared at me for a second, got up, and walked away? Do they usually do that?

Anyway, here’s each bird how it was found, and the skunk wandering off into the woods.

 

[debid]

Skunks will massacre a flock given the opportunity. They attack at night when chickens are helpless. Seeing them in daylight often just means they are hungry, not rabid. It's pretty common when they have young, actually. They'll also kill more than they can eat and revisit the food later.

 

[Folly's place]

And never assume that the skunk isn't rabid! Again I'll mention that if you handled those birds bare handed, you could have been exposed to rabies, never good. Without that skunk available for rabies testing, you need to contact your doctor and public health today, for possible rabies vaccinations.
Mary

 

[McChooky]

Set traps and secure the run or lock the chickens up at night. You could lose your flock if it comes back. Judging by how it acts it doesn't see you as a threat and has been watching the chickens a while

 

[StinkyAcres]

Should I be concerned that a skunk was 2 feet away from me in broad daylight, and just…… casually walked away? Like, I looked over the edge of the creek, and it didn’t try to spray or anything. It just stared at me for a second, got up, and walked away? Do they usually do that?

That is normal for skunks. I've come across plenty of them, some within a couple feet. They have very poor eyesight and even if they do notice you they aren't likely to spray, especially if you're not going after them or making sudden movements. They just want to be left alone.