This is weird. I Found a Dead Rat in the Chicken Coop. How did that happen? [View all]

Did the hens kill that rat? Is that possible, likely?


I understand how rats enter the coop at night to try and get access to the chicken feed, they've been burrowing/tunnelling their way in and out.. but i do not for the life of me understand how/why a rat would be found dead in the chicken coop yard. It couldn't have been dropped from the sky or tree branches above by a predator, like a hawk or racoon, because there's a "ceiling" made of hardware "cloth", as part of the coop structure.

I'm completely baffled. Anyone have experience with this please weigh in!