Keep us posted on if you ever solve this riddle. From reading all these posts, there are a bunch of head-only eaters out there (owl, hawk, coon, skunk, weasle, possum, etc). It dont sound like a fox or coyote, but a mink may also do that. A bunch of leg-hold traps set around a few chicken heads will tell you what is doing it. My money is still on the owl.
What eats the heads off of chickens?
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I would say you need to have one of the remaining chickens volunteer to be bait and set up some night vision cameras. 
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What eats the heads off of chickens?
Ozzie wouldn't happen to be touring in your area would he?
Ozzie wouldn't happen to be touring in your area would he?
Well unfortunately this ended up to be a timely thread, Lost a large Buff 2 nights ago, Head and Neck gone. Found what was left of her in the morning. Looks Like a weasels back (ermine) in the area. They are the only ones that can squeeze into my coop.
Stakeout last night, no luck picking it off . Need sleep tonight so I put the pig in with the chickens for added protection. This weekend the hunt/stakeout begins. Like I said once they find an easy food source they will return again and again. Have Ruger loaded with ratshot , the Browning Buckmark loaded with full clip.
I have no Doubt Mr. weasel will be pushing up daisies by the end of the weekend.
Kind of a shame really they are pretty cool looking and efficient little hunters. They probably help keep the mice and mole population down on my property as well , it's unfortunate but they just cannot co-exist with chickens.
The chickens are too easy a meal for 'em to pass up.
Stakeout last night, no luck picking it off . Need sleep tonight so I put the pig in with the chickens for added protection. This weekend the hunt/stakeout begins. Like I said once they find an easy food source they will return again and again. Have Ruger loaded with ratshot , the Browning Buckmark loaded with full clip.
I have no Doubt Mr. weasel will be pushing up daisies by the end of the weekend.
Kind of a shame really they are pretty cool looking and efficient little hunters. They probably help keep the mice and mole population down on my property as well , it's unfortunate but they just cannot co-exist with chickens.
The chickens are too easy a meal for 'em to pass up.
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Didn't Alice Cooper do that?
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Nope. Someone threw a chicken onto the stage. Cooperor or someone from the band chased it off the stage. If flew back into the crowd and the crowd tore it up or something like that. Cooper has always said he felt bad for the chicken.
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I agree on the skunk theory. Had it happen to me on different occasions and each time I put out a trap, I caught skunk.
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No, but I've been mistaken for a carny on several occasions. :laughing:
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My grand parents were carnys when my mom was a little girl. Her baby sitter was an elephant. She tells a story of one time when she was getting spanked and the elephant was being walked past their trailer and it reached its trunk through the open window and grabbed my grandmother.:laughing:
I also had a great uncle who used to trap live animals in Africa for the circuses and zoos. Never met him though, that I remember.