RIP

[The Goatlady]

Falcon or hawk?......

[windwalkingwolf]

So sorry Kenya That's awful.

[argosgirl]

Aww, poor thing. It does seem to be the favourites.

[kenya]

I don't know what it was, I left her in a bucket just outside the run, put the other girls in, they were all huddled together in the corner. I did a bit of laundry, went out to bury her and she was gone, I looked around and found her body, the breast was all eaten. When I first found her there were just teeth marks on her chest. I think when I went out to them I must have scared the predator away, it was probably watching me, then when it thought it was safe it returned. I think I prevented the rest of the girls meeting the same fate. My poor little girl, if I'd only been a little sooner checking on them.

[kenya]

QR_BBPOST Falcon or hawk?......

I don't think it was either, I don't think they would return and drag the body away.

[ross]

If you have a live trap set & use carcass for bait . Luck

[TomK]

That really sucks...its how i felt when Scarlett met her end..my fave ...very sorry

[The Goatlady]

Sounds like owl....it's that time...that's what is at my place...yes they are out during the day...they stab the chickens around neck and suffocate with their talons...they return and snap head off and eat crop and start at breast....return later and finish carcass...sometimes dragging to edge of trees..they don't eat the legs...falcons and hawks leave a pile of feathers..near a tree....
Take fresh carcass where found and place in live trap in same area....the owl always comes back to the place of kill and yes will hop into large live trap..set wildlife cameras up and catch them in action

[Satellite]

I am sorry--she was gorgeous. Nature reminds us too often that we are not always in charge....

A beautiful photo

[kenya]

QR_BBPOST Sounds like owl....it's that time...that's what is at my place...yes they are out during the day...they stab the chickens around neck and suffocate with their talons...they return and snap head off and eat crop and start at breast....return later and finish carcass...sometimes dragging to edge of trees..they don't eat the legs...falcons and hawks leave a pile of feathers..near a tree....
Take fresh carcass where found and place in live trap in same area....the owl always comes back to the place of kill and yes will hop into large live trap..set wildlife cameras up and catch them in action

Wish I had a wildlife camera to see, but I've already buried the body so I'll probably never know.