***Warning***Very graphic Pictures.

[dawg53]

Dog.

 

[Manningjw]

What time of day was the attack? If it was daytime it is probably a dog.

Is the yard secure? Any idea how the predator got in? Dogs I imagine would dig under fences or require rather obvious entry. If there was an intact fence I cannot imagine a small terrier being able to jump it. That and the terrier probably would have killed the whole flock. They were once used for ratting and are quiet efficient at killing quickly and moving on to the next target.

 

[mommissan]

I vote dog. Nothing was eaten. A wild varmint kills to eat.

 

[darkmatter]

Looks like Dog attack, I've had same thing over the years.

 

[quintinp]

We thought it was the dog too. But I didn't notice too much blood on the dog. It looked like it had some brown dried stuff on the whiskers, and chin hair.

 

[nzpouter]

dog.. a schnautzer is more than capable of such thing...

 

[Cluckin'Crazy4them]

YUP YUP! Dog. That is exactly how my moms ducks looked after her dog got em. She is an amazing dog. Energetic, loyal, affectionate, obedient, super intelligent. But all that can't fool you. Instinct took over and when we finally found her after her bloodbath, she seemed like she went to seventh heaven. Dumb dog. Anyways, this is what they do. Chase, bite, shake, and then they go after another. They aren't like cayotes or raccoons looking for a meal (feral dogs, perhaps). Dogs enjoy the chase and leave the dead animal behind. Sorry for your and your neighbors loss

best wishes in preventing a future attack

 

[Mattemma]

I think dog. Looks like it chased the chew toys around and bit enough to stop,then chased and bit again.Never can let dogs out alone with those chickens especially when it is a new exposure.

 

[Mattemma]

They were pretty chickens.Very sorry for your loss. As much as I like my neighbors I doubt I would sell any more in this situation knowing it might be their dog.

 

[Momhen]

So sorry about the loss to you and your neighbour! It must've been awful for the hens.

We have a jack russel mix terrier who we've trained to not mess with the hens. She and the rooster will have a staring match once in awhile and the hens will often chase the dog to let her know her place which I'm happy for them to do. But I would NEVER let her with the hens without supervision. We have made our run so that critters (foxes and dogs alike) would have trouble digging to get in. So far, so good.

A neighbour recently had a bantam game cockerel on his own which he fed one morning and then cockerel was fine. When he returned in the afternoon the cockerel was dead with his crop eaten through. He figured a rat killed it and ate through the crop for the seed! Poor cockerel! It must've been a desperate rat to go to that length of killing the bird for the seed!