featherz,
Our cats are very well fed - fat and happy! :) Although there seemed to be quite a few feathers, they were all right in the one spot where the chicken lay dead. I've never seen any of our cats go after our chickens. In fact, at first they were afraid of them - with the exception of...
Thank you for your replies. It will be a big relief to my children, who do not want us to get rid of the cats! Of course, they also don't want to lose any more chickens - they love them as well. Every girl has a name - from a Beatle song :) So far we've lost Martha and Sadie.
The other day we found our cat eating one of our chickens under a pine tree. A little later another of our cats joined her. I finally got a hole dug and buried the remains - I didn't want them getting use to chicken! Both of these cats are outdoor cats and the kind that will eat just about...