Chicken dead in coop

[micstrachan]

So sorry for your loss.

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Sounds brutal. Sorry to sound insensitive, but where was the skin? And the feathers? I once had a raccoon pull an entire rabbit through a one-inch opening and skin it. Just awful. A raccoon can easily reach an arm in through small openings. Is that a possibility? Also, weasels can fit through small openi ga and do serious damage. Can you post photos of your set up? Maybe we can help you find where the security breach is.

 

[sturek]

Racoon or weasel. Weasels usually take out more than one. We had a coon or weasel decapitate a wild bunny, we only found the head, and skin a guinea pig beyond recognition. We had baby coon slide thru crawl space in barn to get into coop and got a few birds. Larger coons couldn't fit. Coons typically go in thru the top clean out cavity, and leave wings intact.
Sorry to be graphic. I am so sorry for your loss. I don't think other chickens will pack to this extent. We got our coon by live trap by birdfeeder. And our dog tree-ed another coon and my daughter shot it. Brutal, but effective.

 

[jvls1942]

a lot of chickens taking just bite each can do a lot of damage..
usually a dead chicken on the floor will just get trampled flat from the rest of the birds, though.
a weasel wouldn't eat as much as this chicken was eaten.
a raccoon does not make a habit of eating in any particular way.
there is really not enough description to determine what happened in that coop.
a coop has to be darned near water tight to keep all prediters out.
plug any hole you can find..