What could kill and eat 30 chickens in 1 night and not leave a single body.

[Welshies]

Great, now I even need to fear the adorable little Disney type characters in the woods.

Weasels usually only attack people who come to close to their den sites. Brave parents.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

Know your poop...

Diet: Fruit
Poop: Tubular, Little or No Twisting, Smooth, Blunt or Twisted Ends

Diet: Meat and Organs
Poop: Shapeless or Loose Tubes of Crumbly Material, Blunt ends

Diet: Hair and Bone
Poop: Twisted, Tapered Ropes, Pointy End

My 3 candidates to the attack without knowing the dimensions/contents of the scat are:

Bobcat Scat:
Tubular ropes
3-9 inches long
0.5-1 inches in diameter
Can be segmented, folded, or one solid piece
Smooth outer surface (although hair may look twisted)
Blunt ends or one pointed end
Never full of fruit or berries, but may have some grass

Gray Fox Scat:
Tubular ropes, often twisted (but can vary by diet - see above)
3-5.5 inches long
0.5-0.75 inches in diameter
Can contain hair, bones, grass, berries
Can be very dark

Coyote Scat:
Tubular ropes, often twisted (but can vary by diet - see above)
5-13 inches long
0.5-1.5 inches in diameter
Often long, tapered or twisted ends
Can contain hair, bones, grass, berries

 

[PirateGirl]

Know your poop...

Diet: Fruit
Poop: Tubular, Little or No Twisting, Smooth, Blunt or Twisted Ends

Diet: Meat and Organs
Poop: Shapeless or Loose Tubes of Crumbly Material, Blunt ends

Diet: Hair and Bone
Poop: Twisted, Tapered Ropes, Pointy End

My 3 candidates to the attack without knowing the dimensions/contents of the scat are:

Bobcat Scat:
Tubular ropes
3-9 inches long
0.5-1 inches in diameter
Can be segmented, folded, or one solid piece
Smooth outer surface (although hair may look twisted)
Blunt ends or one pointed end
Never full of fruit or berries, but may have some grass

Gray Fox Scat:
Tubular ropes, often twisted (but can vary by diet - see above)
3-5.5 inches long
0.5-0.75 inches in diameter
Can contain hair, bones, grass, berries
Can be very dark

Coyote Scat:
Tubular ropes, often twisted (but can vary by diet - see above)
5-13 inches long
0.5-1.5 inches in diameter
Often long, tapered or twisted ends
Can contain hair, bones, grass, berries

My husband often says that for a person who hates poop I'm awfully interested in poop. I actually have a book Rocky Mountain Scat and Tracks that has been a great resource over the years. It has pictures of things actual size and little tape measures printed along the sides of pages so you can compare size of animal tracks and/or scat to help determine who left it.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Know your poop...

Diet: Fruit
Poop: Tubular, Little or No Twisting, Smooth, Blunt or Twisted Ends

Diet: Meat and Organs
Poop: Shapeless or Loose Tubes of Crumbly Material, Blunt ends

Diet: Hair and Bone
Poop: Twisted, Tapered Ropes, Pointy End

My 3 candidates to the attack without knowing the dimensions/contents of the scat are:

Bobcat Scat:
Tubular ropes
3-9 inches long
0.5-1 inches in diameter
Can be segmented, folded, or one solid piece
Smooth outer surface (although hair may look twisted)
Blunt ends or one pointed end
Never full of fruit or berries, but may have some grass

Gray Fox Scat:
Tubular ropes, often twisted (but can vary by diet - see above)
3-5.5 inches long
0.5-0.75 inches in diameter
Can contain hair, bones, grass, berries
Can be very dark

Coyote Scat:
Tubular ropes, often twisted (but can vary by diet - see above)
5-13 inches long
0.5-1.5 inches in diameter
Often long, tapered or twisted ends
Can contain hair, bones, grass, berries

Why am I always eating when I read about poop? Why??!!!!

 

[Sunshine Flock]

My husband often says that for a person who hates poop I'm awfully interested in poop. I actually have a book Rocky Mountain Scat and Tracks that has been a great resource over the years. It has pictures of things actual size and little tape measures printed along the sides of pages so you can compare size of animal tracks and/or scat to help determine who left it.

I need that book!!

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

My husband often says that for a person who hates poop I'm awfully interested in poop. I actually have a book Rocky Mountain Scat and Tracks that has been a great resource over the years. It has pictures of things actual size and little tape measures printed along the sides of pages so you can compare size of animal tracks and/or scat to help determine who left it.

If you frequent the great outdoors or hunt, a good print and poop book is a good investment. I have several...

 

[MrsMistyReal]

If you're so infatuated with poop, take it to the vet/ shelter. Some will tell you, others charge a small fee

 

[EggWalrus]

Ok. I'm back. Just went and talked to my nextdoor neighbor about 1000 yards away. I found 2 of the 2 month old leghorns and the Swamp Hen Momma(Shamo/Red Jungle Fowl mix) that I had to hatch and raise them. They were lucky and escaped the Great Massacre, but I think they were the only ones. He said he's had quite a few of his come up missing even through he has a couple of huge white herding dogs. Below is the skat with a ruler next to it, and broken up pics. It has died up and is about 30% smaller than when it was fresh. Another thing, the morning after the Massacre, the blood was fresh bright red and still wet. Only an hour later when I showed it to the little lady, it had become dark and dried. Didn't get anything in the trap cage last night. I've read coyotes won't go into cages hardly ever (unless they are disguised) so I may build a couple of snares. I hope the pics come out clear enough to zoom into. About to go get pics of the blood splatter.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

I have a feeling some of your flock is still alive and hiding, aside from the two you just found.

The scat matches what Welshies has described for a fox.

 

[EggWalrus]

Sorry about the double posted pics in the last post. The blood pics are below. I'm including a pic of Pretty Boy Floyd, my favorite little buddy of the 8 roosters I have left.