What could have done this to our ducks chickens?

[Huntmaster]

Hard to tell from prints in picture as they are not real fresh from freezing and thawing. Cant make out foot pads. The crime scene kind of looks like thrill kills not for food. That leans towards dog.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Foxes, probably a Vixen, & kits. We see fox tracks around here quite often.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

From past unfortunate experience, we have dealt with a dog having the thrill of the chase and chasing all the birds, killing them, then dropping them otherwise uneaten to kill another. That is what this makes me think of - dog.

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

I think that it looks like dog(s as well. I have had seen a dog do this kind of thing to my chickens.
Is there skunks where you live at all? The tracks don't look like a skunks I think, but I know that skunks will eat the heads, they also tend to de-feather the neck too from what I have read and experienced. Sorry, that this happened. It's never a good feeling to lose chickens and ducks that way.

 

[McChooky]

Here are track marks too. Is this a coyote or a bobcat? Or what else could it be? All of the birds are here but dead. Two are missing heads and on is missing it’s stomach. I’m so upset by this!

I recommend your getting a game camera if you get more birds so if it ever happens again you'll know what to look out for.The only 2 things I know kill like this are dogs and weasels. Of the two the weasels will also eat a little where a dog won't.If any of the bodies were covered it could have been a bob cat with a litter.Sometimes foxes will train their kits to hunt and kill for the thrill of it.Any old possum could come along and eat their heads and guts.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

I also second the game camera or a NEST style camera where you have video and photo. If this is a dog, you then have proof that an outside dog is lurking on your property, especially if it becomes a matter of someone around you having a loose dog that is coming over and causing trouble.