****Graphic*** What killed my bantam?

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lintlicker said:
hmm. actually now i wonder as the entire comb and wattles are gone too....
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Oh my gosh! I actually did not notice that until you pointed it out. My chickies, when in a skirmish, will sometimes take off a little piece of another chicken's comb. When my two roos were fighting, the bigger guy took of a half inch piece of the smaller roo's comb. So yes the other chickens could have easily taken the comb and wattles off when that chicken was weak. Or after the fact. I don't know of a predator that would just take all the feathers off of the head and pick off the comb and wattles.
 
talkinboutchickens said:
Oh my gosh! I actually did not notice that until you pointed it out. My chickies, when in a skirmish, will sometimes take off a little piece of another chicken's comb. When my two roos were fighting, the bigger guy took of a half inch piece of the smaller roo's comb. So yes the other chickens could have easily taken the comb and wattles off when that chicken was weak. Or after the fact. I don't know of a predator that would just take all the feathers off of the head and pick off the comb and wattles.
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usually predators go for the sweet spots, being the entire head/neck or internals...she could have been weak from illness been getting bullied and pecked and died from natural causes but has some injuries from the other birds...could have picked at her when she was weak or already deceased if they had access to her. Chances are high she tried to seclude herself if she was injured or on her way out since she was under the coop.
 
General-Tso said:
A week ago i went out to feed my birds and found my duccle dead under the coop with all of the feathers on her head gone. The rest of the body was untouched. There was a little bit of blood on the ground around the run but no tracks of any sort. I live in new england so we do have lots of hawks. Ive also seen an opossum wandering my yard a lot recently. My neighbor also has outdoor cats but i havent seen them in a while because of the brutal winter this year. None of my other birds were injured or have been since, which makes me wonder if it couldve possibly been one of my other chickens, though ive raised them all together since hatch and never had any infighting issues at all. Ive kept chickens for a long while and never had predator issues outside of hawks. Any help would be appreciated bc this has been driving me crazy.
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I am sorry for your loss :(
A predator kills to eat. I believe she may have died from something on her own, then her fellow hens became curious and had pecked her head clean.

If a cat killed her, which is unlikely because they are usually wary of chickens, except yours was a bantam, they would not really be able to eat a chicken's body, would they? Just the smaller parts?
I still think it may have been your own flock though.
Good luck getting to the bottom of this.
-twilia ; )
 
Twilia said:
I am sorry for your loss :(
A predator kills to eat. I believe she may have died from something on her own, then her fellow hens became curious and had pecked her head clean.

If a cat killed her, which is unlikely because they are usually wary of chickens, except yours was a bantam, they would not really be able to eat a chicken's body, would they?
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not a lot of experience with cats, but I dont know if they would target some of the head specifically. Some of the skin was still intact from what i can see but the comb and wattles are completely gone.
 
talkinboutchickens said:
Oh my gosh! I actually did not notice that until you pointed it out. My chickies, when in a skirmish, will sometimes take off a little piece of another chicken's comb. When my two roos were fighting, the bigger guy took of a half inch piece of the smaller roo's comb. So yes the other chickens could have easily taken the comb and wattles off when that chicken was weak. Or after the fact. I don't know of a predator that would just take all the feathers off of the head and pick off the comb and wattles.
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How many chickens do you have in total???
 

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