PA. Woods .Trying to Identify the culprit . Middle of day outside the coop.Neck eaten, dragged under a log.

Mink

Sounds like a Mink to me.

Mink it’s is! Thank you gents! Best way of dealing with said mink?

Foothold set by dead chicken.

Cubby set for mink around the chicken coop? The area Does not lend itself to footholds, Dogs and cats Are present. A box cubby with a 110 ,think it will work? Cage trap of the appropriate size?

110 in a trail where it is going

This is how i got my thief. Threw the rest of carcass in cage, he was there next morning. Didnt want to accidentally catch my own cat or dogs in 160 box or foothold. One of my favorite young leghorns too, i wasnt impressed.

No, 120's on land sets, 110's by water, basic old time expert minker advice. No 120's? take a spring off a 110 and add to another.

Yes, they will cage or colony trap too.

Been having chicken killing problems too. Caught a possum and a coon in the pen on the same night two hours apart. Killed the possum while he was still in there. Coon got away but I hung him in a dp the next night.

They were both going through the wire where one piece was broken loose right at ground level. So much for the coons don’t like to duck argument when they have the right motivation.