Head gone; neck & breast meat eaten????
I live in Idaho mountains. My Buff Orphs were free ranging during day (I lock them up at night). Found my BO hen in a grove of little pine trees, no blood; head gone; feathers on ground in a small...
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Sounds like a hawk that got spooked in the middle of eating your bird.MattMorganton, NCMy WebSiteYou Say Psycho Like It's Bad Thing.
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I agree- the description sounds very accipiter like....that would be sharp- shinned hawk, cooper's hawk, or goshawk.That's my guessSandra
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I had the same with my Cornish. I'm on the hunt for a bobcat that I am sure is the culprit of my losses lately.My 2 Cornish hens were as you described except the heads were intact. Bob D. in FL.
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I just talked to my son-in-law who lives nearby and has seen carnage from foxes, hawks, bobcats etc. He kind of thinks it might be a fox. He thought that hawks would eat it out in the open, so they...
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Sounds like a raccoon to me...No head, breast meat nibbled. http://www.freewebs.com/spottedcrow1066/
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I was told racoons were famous for eating the heads. I've had a problem in the past with one...caught him red handed on a wildlife cam. Luckily I had moved the chickens.
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