What killed my ducks??? Please help 😢😢

[GirlsHuntToo]

I'm thinking hawk/owl, or a raccoon.

 

[LaFleche]

This looks like what a raccoon family will leave behind.
The beak of a hawk would leave kinks in the plucked feathers and not gnaw off the neck but rip the breast open to get to the liver.

I am verry sorry for your losses.

 

[Eggcessive]

I am so sorry for your loss. I lost a polish hen when 2 red tail hawks in tandem ran her into a chainlink fence. The second one ripped her head off and flew away with it, and they left the body. I had just seen the hawks before, and the poor hen was not smart enough to hide under the evergreen trees with the rooster and other hens. She only could see out of one eye as well.

 

[Ducklover77]

I’m posting a picture for reference. I apologize, it’s very graphic.
My ducks were killed this morning between around 8am-11am. We have never lost any ducks this way… I am trying to determine what type of predator could have killed them in such a terrible way— all the skin/muscle/etc is gone from their necks and only the spine is left. Heads and bodies are in tact. Feathers everywhere from what appears to be a fight. View attachment 3932569View attachment 3932570

Oh my God I know this is an older post but I had searched and this terrible situation you had came up and I'm so sorry. I'm having predator problems and our ducks are getting killed and a guinea fowl also got killed this morning and the other has feathers ripped from her back. I hate this so much. How are things going as of today did you find out what did this to your poor babies?