Having major problems with one of the neighbourhood cats, it keeps trying to come after my girls but usually the girls sound warnings to alert us and we then chase it away, however today we didn't get the chance to and it got Roo - thankfully she is unharmed but she was very shaken and scared. We had to take my daughter to a hospital appointment so the girls spent most of the day shut in their run. After the appointment my daughter came home with her son while I went to help my mum with a couple of things she needed help with. My daughter let the girls out then went back indoors to see to her son, shortly after she heard Roo screaming and ran out to seeing the cat running off and jump over the fence, she lost a few feathers but there is no sign of any injury. The girls hadn't given any warning call and we think it's because it was already in the garden hiding and they didn't know it was there. As soon as she heard Roo scream she knew she was being attacked and ran out fast as she could at 8 months pregnant. The other three girls were frozen on the spot and she tried to get them back in the run as her 3yr old son was still inside the bungalow while she was outside but they were so frightened they wouldn't move, so she opened pur backdoor for them to go into the bungalow (usually they run in every chance they get) but they too ftightened to move. She ran and got some mealworms their favourite treat and managed to coax Pedro and Jellybean into the bungalow then picked up Roo and Lilah and took them in with her. When I got home the four of them were standing huddled together in our living room and hadn't even touched the meal worms and she told me they hadn't moved from that spot the whole time. As soon as I came in they followed me around and wouldn't leave my side. As my daughter was telling me what happened I looked out the window and saw the cat in our garden so I ran out after it but the darn thing ran as soon as it heard the door open and was way too quick for me. It ran into my next door neighbours garden and his under a bush so I guess it new I was gunning for it. I always sit out with my girls from early morning to mid morning then again at early evening until bedtime, making regular checks during the day and running out to them as soon as they call but today after this event I brought them outside and sat with them for the rest of the day until bed time, the poor loves didn't leave my side the whole time so I walked around the garden so they could forage. I have decided I am going to get a powered water pistol, with cats hating water and the force of the water sprayed from a power gun being enough to scare the living daylights out of a cat, I'm hoping that doused with water enough times will be enough to eventually deter it from coming back again. When the ducks were here cats and other birds were too scared to come into the garden but now they are gone it seems to be a free for all. I wish I could complain to the owners about their cat but given that I'm not supposed to have chickens there is every change they will report me if I complain and I'd lose my girls if they did so I just got to try and sort it out myself.
so sorry for your loss, hope you feel better soon 
