What killed my bird

[Gulf war veteran]

 

[Gulf war veteran]

Came out and found this. Opinions on what killed her..

 

[CCsGarden]

Hawk? Is your run covered?


Sorry for your loss!

 

[Gulf war veteran]

Hawk? Is your run covered?


Sorry for your loss!

Nope the run isn't covered. Guess it will have to be covered.

 

[CCsGarden]

Nope the run isn't covered. Guess it will have to be covered.

Yes, so then it was 99% a hawk. If I have my chickens out without any covering, I'm always out there to make sure non get attacked by a hawk.

I suggest, covering your run with hardware cloth or tarps.

 

[LoveMyPeepers]

do you know if it was killed during day or night?

 

[Folly's place]

So sorry...
Could a critter have gotten under your fence? At night a raccoon could have climbed over that fence, and either a hawk by day, or an owl at night, could be involved. We had rats invade our coop one year, and had birds killed at night by them.
Any tracks outside? Tufts of fur or feathers?
Most of us learn that our facilities need upgrading this way, again I'm so sorry.
Mary

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Is it missing it’s head? It looks like it from the photo but correct me if not. Raccoons can reach through chicken wire and pull a chicken’s head off. We had a pretty serious raccoon problem in my old neighborhood and some of them were bold enough to be out during the day.