He has massive paws, I don't know if its because he hasn't grown into them yet, or he's going to be a huge tom. I think he is! His siblings are named Willow, a gray sleek tabby male, and a sister who resembles Cinder only she is a calico tabby, and petite. They really are darling kitties, I...
I did let the ducks out today, and the kitties didn't seem to care. Maybe as long as they are never very hungry, and see the fat, chunky banty hen, everything will work out. LOL.
The flock is all locked up at night, and the cats sleeping, or as they should be doing. Being nocturnal hunters, they probably are roaming around the yard. I often am naughty and forget to lock up the girls until like 8 at night, and once, a cat was missing, the female who never does anything...
I dumped water on a cat today that got too near to the coop. I'm trying to make them realize that every time they go near it they will have some unfortunate experience
They are in a run made out of a dog kennel connecting to their coop, but it was supposed to only temporary before I built a ' predator proof' fence around it. The drakes are pretty pushy, maybe that will help, bu the chickens are all scared of the kittens, as they've never seen cats before.
Is there methods to teach young cats to leave chickens alone? I have 3 kittens who are recently moved outdoors, and the two males are very interested in my flock. They have chased my two bantams, and stalked the others. They also are interested in the call ducks, but they are in a pen right now...