What killed my bluebell?

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

This afternoon, I went to let the dog out, and saw white feathers poking out from underneath the grill. Does anyone know what killed my blue egg layer?
@The Moonshiner

 

[GodLovesU]

What kinds of predators are in your area?

 

[StinkyAcres]

Could be anything if you free range. Was the head intact?

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Could be anything if you free range. Was the head intact?

I didn’t see one, which is concerning because she definitely had one 2 days ago………

 

[StinkyAcres]

I didn’t see one, which is concerning because she definitely had one 2 days ago………

Then it could be raccoon, opossum, skunk, or weasel.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

What kinds of predators are in your area?

I have had raccoons in the past, but they always carried the bodies into the woods, never hiding them that close to the house.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Was this a daytime free-range incident then? Or?

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Was this a daytime free-range incident then? Or?

I have most of the birds in a coop right now, but her and her two leghorn friends (who don’t seem to be injured) have been free ranging. I know she would have been killed in the last two days, but I was away for the weekend and don’t know what time of day she was killed. I know that the leghorns sleep in the trees, but I think she slept in a ground level nest box. So it could be a climbing predator, but I’d wager more on a ground predator.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Could it have been a stray cat?

 

[GodLovesU]

Could it have been a stray cat?

I doubt it.