Are cats real predators are just PESTS

[jerseygirl1]

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None of the above

 

[Oregon Blues]

Cats are a real pest and do some serious and expensive damage.

Interesting timing, though. A fellow on a different forum just reported that he caught a stray cat in the act of killing one of his hens.

 

[SebrightLuver]

My cats keep away the mice, rats and wild birds. They have never touched a chicken and I trust them around day old chicks. On my farm they are more then welcome.

 

[SebrightLuver]

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[Country Heart]

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I don't see the option I need..."My cat thinks she is a chicken!" I have one of those.

 

[SebrightLuver]

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I don't see the option I need..."My cat thinks she is a chicken!" I have one of those.

Yep! In the winter my cats and chickens cuddle under the heatlamp. Aswell as the duck and geese

The chickens like the cat food and the cats like the chicken food too

strange animals! LOL

 

[wolftracks]

Thank goodness my big birds really are big, but I have lost WAY to many chicks to cats who have gotten into brooders. They are my #1 preditors here. They have attacked the bigger birds and I've treated scrathes, but I've been able to hear the chickens scream during attacks and chase the cats off. I used to love cats, but just this close to completely hating them now. And yes my brooders were closed and solid. I have yet to figure out how they've done it.

 

[ChickInDelight]

Oh- I did not think I needed None of the Above becuase when I voted - I had a null vote option.

I just caught my best hunter, a female raised in the wild for the first 4 months of life, in pounce position. When my mallard walked by, she went for a hiney swat. I chatised her. I think it was a play action of opportunity. My cats and dogs play and tussel pretty roughly sometimes.

 

[gritsar]

Meet Kitty!

All two pounds of her. She has tried to take down my 8 and 9 lb. brahma hens; which is why Kitty is now an indoors only cat.

P.S. She's a former feral which I think has something to do with it.

 

[bloom_ss]

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