What is killing my chickens?

[HeyHey]

Within the last 12 hours I have lost 2 chickens. One during the day and one at night. Whatever it was ripped the wings off And the head. It can climb and jump straight up 3.5 feet with the carrying the chicken. my birds are put up at night. I free range during the day so I to thought it was a bird of prey....until this morning. Our coop is a trampoline turned coop.

 

[Yardmom]

The head ripped off is a common raccoon move, but many predators can go over 3 and a half feet high walls.

 

[HeyHey]

The head ripped off is a common raccoon move, but many predators can go over 3 and a half feet high walls.

They had to have jumped straight up from the inside... Once they are in there's no way to climb up or out only a small opening in the top.

 

[McChooky]

It'll keep coming back until you have no chickens left. Move them someplace safe until you can upgrade the type of fencing you're using to 1/2" galvanized steel hardware cloth. Sorry for your loss!

 

[HeyHey]

Thank you
Any idea what it is? We took a head count and we have lost 5 so far in 2 weeks

 

[nuthatched]

The head ripped off is a common raccoon move, but many predators can go over 3 and a half feet high walls.

Almost all can.