half killed chicken, daylight, FEATHERS EVERYWHERE?!?! who is the murderer??

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

right, we found the chicken head on in a bush next to a BADGER run in our garden. we new we had a badger problem but we covered the holes with some stick (to see if anything lived there) but nothing busted out and the runs seem pretty dormant too. ie. dead flatened grass and NO MORE POO.

 

now, as i said, the chicken wasn't dead. it had half an ass and half its neck ripped out??

 

what do you think did this?? than you. ben.

[diggermad 154]

could of been a stoat mate DM

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

could of been a stoat mate DM

i did think of that mate as i do live on a river but someone mentioned to me buzzard? as they would swoop down on the ass the put the foot on there head then peck the neck out?

[gnipper 6,484]

Sounds like a bird of prey to be eating it alive. Mustelids will kill before eating.

[Lab 10,979]

How old was the chicken?

[Ideation 8,216]

Could be rat or mink with river close, but would expect a very dead chook. Probably is a bird mate.

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

How old was the chicken?

not old mate :S

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

Could be rat or mink with river close, but would expect a very dead chook. Probably is a bird mate.

well i thought it could be a pair of rats or weasles

[Lab 10,979]

How old was the chicken?

not old mate :S

Sparrowhawk then.............

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

How old was the chicken?

not old mate :S

Sparrowhawk then.............

ya know what we got buzzards here, badgers, foxes, rats, weasles, kestrels and barn owls and a whole lotta rooks and mags

but i never seen no sparrahawk :/

[Lab 10,979]

How old was the chicken?

not old mate :S

Sparrowhawk then.............

ya know what we got buzzards here, badgers, foxes, rats, weasles, kestrels and barn owls and a whole lotta rooks and mags

but i never seen no sparrahawk :/

Could just be a buzzard then. Maybe its a young one. If i have ever found or heard of any birds(usually pigeons) half eaten and still alive its usually a sparrow hawk involved. Keep your eyes peeled, to be fair there are lots of them but there not a bird you see often..... Is there more chickens running around?

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

How old was the chicken?

not old mate :S

Sparrowhawk then.............

ya know what we got buzzards here, badgers, foxes, rats, weasles, kestrels and barn owls and a whole lotta rooks and mags

but i never seen no sparrahawk :/

Could just be a buzzard then. Maybe its a young one. If i have ever found or heard of any birds(usually pigeons) half eaten and still alive its usually a sparrow hawk involved. Keep your eyes peeled, to be fair there are lots of them but there not a bird you see often..... Is there more chickens running around?

well we had 3 hens an 1 useless cockrell. but now only 2 but there not running around the garden like we used to let em, the run round in the pen. and i dont no if this is normal, but since tuther chickens death nun of em have layed a proper egg in ages??

[MOO 730]

rook

[Lab 10,979]

How old was the chicken?

not old mate :S

Sparrowhawk then.............

ya know what we got buzzards here, badgers, foxes, rats, weasles, kestrels and barn owls and a whole lotta rooks and mags

but i never seen no sparrahawk :/

Could just be a buzzard then. Maybe its a young one. If i have ever found or heard of any birds(usually pigeons) half eaten and still alive its usually a sparrow hawk involved. Keep your eyes peeled, to be fair there are lots of them but there not a bird you see often..... Is there more chickens running around?

well we had 3 hens an 1 useless cockrell. but now only 2 but there not running around the garden like we used to let em, the run round in the pen. and i dont no if this is normal, but since tuther chickens death nun of em have layed a proper egg in ages??

Oh there laying, then its not a sparrowhawk, when you said not old i was thinking more weeks than months. Probably been put of right enough............a mystery!!!!

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

How old was the chicken?

not old mate :S

Sparrowhawk then.............

ya know what we got buzzards here, badgers, foxes, rats, weasles, kestrels and barn owls and a whole lotta rooks and mags

but i never seen no sparrahawk :/

Could just be a buzzard then. Maybe its a young one. If i have ever found or heard of any birds(usually pigeons) half eaten and still alive its usually a sparrow hawk involved. Keep your eyes peeled, to be fair there are lots of them but there not a bird you see often..... Is there more chickens running around?

well we had 3 hens an 1 useless cockrell. but now only 2 but there not running around the garden like we used to let em, the run round in the pen. and i dont no if this is normal, but since tuther chickens death nun of em have layed a proper egg in ages??

Oh there laying, then its not a sparrowhawk, when you said not old i was thinking more weeks than months. Probably been put of right enough............a mystery!!!!

ahh right not that young mate this is fully grown hen. i thought you ment like is she old old haha easy mixup