As I'm wanting to have chicken around the new place, in considering predators (we have enough of the wild varieties around) I started to wonder if cats are a threat too. I have several cats, some of whom have been active outside hunters. None have ever seen a chicken before (which might make for an amusing encounter...or not). There are one or two ferals running around here that might have seen them before though.
I wouldn't think a housecat is a real threat to a full grown chicken, but then maybe that depends on the size of the chicken.
I want to let my girls free-range during the day, whether I can keep an eye on them or not, and certainly don't want one of my cats deciding they might make fine sport, so I figured I'd ask about others experiences with cats and chickens. I do recall seeing a thread where someone's birds were killed by a cat and wondered if that is rare thing or not.
Thanks!
I wouldn't think a housecat is a real threat to a full grown chicken, but then maybe that depends on the size of the chicken.
I want to let my girls free-range during the day, whether I can keep an eye on them or not, and certainly don't want one of my cats deciding they might make fine sport, so I figured I'd ask about others experiences with cats and chickens. I do recall seeing a thread where someone's birds were killed by a cat and wondered if that is rare thing or not.
Thanks!