Predator identification?

[thoeffel1994]

A predator keeps killing off my ducks and chickens one by one. First it got my rooster then my hen and now two of my ducks!

I find the birds looking the same way each time I find them! Either with the head and neck missing or their head and neck still there with the neck stripped clean and shoulders and wings eaten up. Any ideas what it could be and how to catch and kill It?

 

[StinkyAcres]

Likely a raccoon. If you free range electric fencing is your best bet.

 

[CoriM]

Probably best to focus on how you can protect your birds from all predators - safe housing for when you're not around and supervision while free-ranging. It's up to us to guard our helpless livestock.

 

[FenrisMau]

A predator keeps killing off my ducks and chickens one by one. First it got my rooster then my hen and now two of my ducks!

I find the birds looking the same way each time I find them! Either with the head and neck missing or their head and neck still there with the neck stripped clean and shoulders and wings eaten up. Any ideas what it could be and how to catch and kill It?

That's a raccoon. You'll have to have a safe place for them at night, otherwise it will keep returning until all your flock is dead. Complete and tight wire mess 360 degrees around the pen. Also, 1 to 2 feet on the ground laid out to prevent digging into the pen.