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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Yesterday, remember I said I was in and out of the house, something 
> killed a chicken in the middle of the afternoon.  All signs point to 
> a raccoon, except that it happened in the day.  I found a headless, neckless
> chicken in the middle of the pen, at least 10 feet from a fence.

Lots of critters kill chickens. Some will kill even though they are 
not hungry. Weasels and mink are voracious killers. Coons will almost 
always feed on the kill unless scared away. How's the bottom of your 
fence? And of course there are hawks, but they don't rip the head 
off, I think. How about coyotes? How about that neighbor's dog?