What eats chicken heads

[chickengeorgeto]

I found one of my pullets dead two days ago with just her head eaten...

Ozzy Osborne?

 

[sandovaljose214]

probably a dog. sadly my dog also did that a few years ago. well any ways sorry

 

[Crackle]

I have had this happen to me twice this summer. The only thing missing is the head. I have had my flock for 3 years and never had any trouble until this summer. I don't even have to close them in at night because of predators. I lost 3 hens and my son lost a hen and rooster he wanted to use to hatch chicks. It took us a while to get the culprit, but we got them.

While we were attempting to catch the culprit, my family was trying to figure out what could be killing the birds. We thought it was weasel and a few other animals. We happen to see an episode of Mountain Men that just happen to have the same issue we were having. Their culprit was the opossum, which made us change our thought process and help us catch them.

I was surprised to find it was an opossum. After we caught the first one we didn't have any trouble for a few months. I lost another chicken and we caught another opossum. We haven't had any trouble since then.


The opossum is sneaky. It took a bit to get them. Good luck.