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I've seen many people blame cats for killing chickens, and it turn out not to be true. In fact, VERY few cats will take a chicken. It is rare. I used to live in the city where there were a lot of stray cats, LOTS. I had chicks outside in pens and in the run many, many times. Not once did I loose a bird to a cat. Many times, I observed the stray cats in the run hunting chipmunks and mice. For whatever the reason, it is very rare a domestic cat will take a full grown chicken. The cats seem to run from the roosters and hens which would chase them! With neighbor's and people's own dogs, it is a horse of a different color. Dogs are probably the number one killer of chickens-- just read all the threads on this over the years. I hope any perceived problems with domestic cats will be put in perspective.
No true . I'm mad at my Boyfriends cat. She stays outside most of the time. Comes in side to lay in his lap. I found a dead Chciken on top of our Roof of the Porch. I sitting there trying to figure out what happen and she is stalking on of the smaller hens that runs our back yard. Supid fat cat get food and she still goes after my chcikens
I'm thinking there is a flaw in the logic that since ONE person never lost a bird to a cat that cats don't kill chickens. Plenty of people HAVE had cats attack their chickens. They probably are not as dangerous as dogs due to size difference, but I have a 20 pound cat that I would NEVER trust around my birds. He would easily be able to kill them and would love to do it. It isn't a 'perceived' problem when your cat kills one of your chickens, it is an 'actual' problem.
I've seen many people blame cats for killing chickens, and it turn out not to be true. In fact, VERY few cats will take a chicken. It is rare. I used to live in the city where there were a lot of stray cats, LOTS. I had chicks outside in pens and in the run many, many times. Not once did I loose a bird to a cat. Many times, I observed the stray cats in the run hunting chipmunks and mice. For whatever the reason, it is very rare a domestic cat will take a full grown chicken. The cats seem to run from the roosters and hens which would chase them! With neighbor's and people's own dogs, it is a horse of a different color. Dogs are probably the number one killer of chickens-- just read all the threads on this over the years. I hope any perceived problems with domestic cats will be put in perspective.
No true . I'm mad at my Boyfriends cat. She stays outside most of the time. Comes in side to lay in his lap. I found a dead Chciken on top of our Roof of the Porch. I sitting there trying to figure out what happen and she is stalking on of the smaller hens that runs our back yard. Supid fat cat get food and she still goes after my chcikens
I'm thinking there is a flaw in the logic that since ONE person never lost a bird to a cat that cats don't kill chickens. Plenty of people HAVE had cats attack their chickens. They probably are not as dangerous as dogs due to size difference, but I have a 20 pound cat that I would NEVER trust around my birds. He would easily be able to kill them and would love to do it. It isn't a 'perceived' problem when your cat kills one of your chickens, it is an 'actual' problem.
