Update another attack!! What kink of Predator do I have????

[Pinenot]

Something got one of my chickens. There were feathers outside the barn. There were feathers strung across or over a 5 foot fence to a spot in the yard, where there were a pile of feathers. There were no parts or bones, just feathers. There were no feathers any where else.

What kind of predator is this?

 

[buck-wild-chick]

Sounds like a bobcat

They will kill there prey and then take it with them. So you wont find the body anywere near the coop. Its prolly 25ft or so in the woods.

 

[cjeanean]

I don't know, but I DO know it's gonna be a DEAD predator....LOL!!! Maybe a raccoon??? Or a cat??? I have no idea....

 

[Pinenot]

I forgot to add, this was at 4 something in the morning. I heard the chickens throwing a fit, but I just thought the rooster must have done something to get them going.

 

[TexasVet]

Here's the link to a predator diagnosis paper: http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0022.html

Kathy in Texas

 

[Attack Chicken]

Owl maybe?

 

[mksenoj]

I agree owl

 

[mo]

flying predator was my first thought, too.

 

[can you hear me now?]

was gonna say racoons are proably out of this picture, they usually kill a bunch of em and leave them. If our run isn't covered then probably a good assumption a flying predator.

 

[Attack Chicken]

I had a duck taken by an owl the same way. LOTS of feathers but i soon found a body that had been plucked and eaten. All that was left was a wing,feet,tail,and backbone.