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Post by Sasquatch on Sept 17, 2021 18:52:37 GMT -5
A friend of mine just called and asked what critter would kill a duck and only eat the head.
Details were scant, but apparently his son has lost several ducks to something that kills them and seems to only attack the head.
I have no clue so I thought I'd ask the hive mind.
Any idea? Thanks!
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Sept 17, 2021 19:02:57 GMT -5
Owls
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Post by beermaker on Sept 17, 2021 19:04:42 GMT -5
Weasel
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Sept 17, 2021 19:31:26 GMT -5
Owls killed one of our ducks and some chickens and that is what they did. Eat the heads off them. I only know because the each time the owl couldn’t get back out of the pens.
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Post by esshup on Sept 17, 2021 22:01:09 GMT -5
I had that happen to me when I lived in So. Cal. Turned out to be a HUGE feral tomcat.
A mink will do that, they are part of the weasel family.
Is the carcass covered up with anything? Or is it just laying there dead sans head?
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Post by iceman10 on Sept 18, 2021 5:23:13 GMT -5
An owl will do this , I find red tail hawks like this .
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Post by genesis273 on Sept 18, 2021 5:43:48 GMT -5
I have found headless wild turkeys on my woods. The local CO explained to me that it was most likely the work of an owl.
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Post by span870 on Sept 18, 2021 6:41:22 GMT -5
Depends. Are they free to get away and free roaming? If so owl. If they are fenced in and finding them it could very well be a coon. Coon will reach through fence and grab one, try to pull through fence and head pops off.
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Post by freedomhunter on Sept 18, 2021 7:44:27 GMT -5
Off with the head! Minks bite the heads off of chickens
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Post by blackmouthcur on Sept 18, 2021 10:45:23 GMT -5
Raccoons are the culprits, lost a lot of chickens to them, chews the head right off then leaves em lay. I doubt a owl or hawk would leave their supper behind.
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Post by tine-n-spur on Sept 18, 2021 11:17:09 GMT -5
My money is on either owl or raccoon.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Sept 18, 2021 14:45:50 GMT -5
Raccoons are the culprits, lost a lot of chickens to them, chews the head right off then leaves em lay. I doubt a owl or hawk would leave their supper behind. The owl did on our duck and two chickens. Just ate the heads and left the rest to lay. We’d have up to four coons at a time in our coop and they never ate a chicken. Just the eggs. |
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Post by blackmouthcur on Sept 18, 2021 15:06:20 GMT -5
Raccoons are the culprits, lost a lot of chickens to them, chews the head right off then leaves em lay. I doubt a owl or hawk would leave their supper behind. The owl did on our duck and two chickens. Just ate the heads and left the rest to lay. We’d have up to four coons at a time in our coop and they never ate a chicken. Just the eggs. Never had one problem with owls but that could’ve been because the chickens never came out at night. I don’t know if any chickens that leave the roost once they’re in. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Sept 18, 2021 15:22:00 GMT -5
Ours were all in the middle of the day. We have owls around all the time. Just had two hooting in the back about an hour ago.
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Post by hornzilla on Sept 18, 2021 19:04:00 GMT -5
Definitely a owl. I lost 16 chickens in two nights a few years back. On the third night we was hung up in my fence by his wing. So I knew for sure.
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Post by span870 on Sept 19, 2021 7:28:57 GMT -5
Definitely a owl. I lost 16 chickens in two nights a few years back. On the third night we was hung up in my fence by his wing. So I knew for sure. It was nice though how you carefully removed him from the fence, made sure he was in good health and set him free back into the wild wilderness. |
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