Which predator?

[chanceosunshine]

One of the hens didn't make it into the coop last night. I found her this morning laying in the yard. Her head and neck are nothing but bones and lot of her back has been eaten as well.
We lost another hen a couple of weeks ago, but it's injuries were completely different, attacked at the vent but not much eaten.

 

[sourland]

Sorry for your loss. Sounds as if she may have been killed by a raptor. Were feathers scattered around the kill?

 

[chanceosunshine]

Sorry for your loss. Sounds as if she may have been killed by a raptor. Were feathers scattered around the kill?

Yes, there were feathers scattered around. My son is thinking owl.