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What will kill chickens and rabbits and only eat their head.. completely missing head and neck, the body is left untouched, not even head bones left. I think it may be alians flying in at night in a small saucer and only have room for the head and neck to take with them... what say youall??

I would be asking if someone had lost a ferret.

Cat

Many predators eat the head first as it contains high amounts of fat .
I have seen hawks eat only the heads and
Late in our Salmon runs many bears only eat the brains and the skin

I was always told this was the work of a mink.

raccoon . they will tease a chicken to stick its head through a fence then eat the head and neck. sometimes they will stretch the neck out double.

An Owl will.

I had it happen to smaller chickens and ducks several times.
Always domestic dogs killing for sport.

owls

Weasel or Mink.

This is what tore up some of our chickens a few years ago. The 'fire ID'd the feathers as great horned.

What do your neighbors do in their spare time?

Raccoons will do that.

Or skunk

Tory Lane

Glad you got that cleared up Hubert.

Could be a chupacobra.

My neighbors better not be using hen pheasant feathers in their headgear. They won't be getting any tomatoes if they do.

Owl. Knew a guy that raised pheasants who had this problem. And of course owls are protected.

Carnival geeks.