Bobcat!

[LoveNewChicks]

right now there are bobcat tracks all over my deck and I have a 8 week old chick,
any thing to do about that?

 

[ChickiKat]

where do you keep the chick?

 

[jbourget]

Hmmh...i doubt the bobcat smelled him from outside? probably just a rare passer by IMO

 

[juliawitt]

I have seen a bobcat....once. Never has bothered my chickens. Of course, I'm overrun with rabbits and other small furry animals, so that could explain why I've never lost a chicken to one. They don't like people at all, so I have to agree, probably just a quick visit. However, if I found tracks on my deck, I would be hyper-vigilant for a few days. Good luck!

 

[CupOJoe42]

Electric Fence and a secure coop and run.

 

[cntrywmnkw]

Lock n Load. I just had a bobcat in my yard not 1/2 hour ago, trying to get my girls, thank goodness no one was hurt, but sure was scary. It wasn't 20' from my back deck.

I heard girls giving the alarm & grabbed the 16 gauge as I went out the back door & there it was, so I fired at it, It ran off into woods, I grabbed the 7mm-08 & fired 2-3 more rounds into the area where it ran into the woods, don't know if I hit it, but I'm ready now. First coyotes, then foxes & hawks, now bobcats

 

[centrarchid]

Bobcats generally do not keep patrolling a given location unless den site with kittens. They move about a lot over several square miles versus the several acres of the domestic cat. I have a bobcat on me but bet he comes across my little 20 acre patch maybe one a month and I get lucky to see it even less than that. I have yet to attribute a chicken loss to bobcat which is likely do to activities of dog that will chase bobcat just like it does domestics.