Chicken Killing cat.....Need advice. (WARNING GRAPHIC PICS)

[Catstar68]

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This. Strange that it follows you - feral cats do not generally do this.
I had a black cat show up this Fall. I thought she was wild until I started feeding her and then I couldn't keep her from under my feet. I rehomed her and she's the sweetest kitty - she was just hungry and frightened outside. She never bothered the chickens though.
Are you sure, for very sure it is the cat killing your chickens? Do try feeding her and in the meantime, predator-proof your coop/run. Set a trap out, you might catch something more than a cat.
how were the chickens killed? what did the wounds look like?

 

[Teresaann24]

I know I too found it odd he follows me I have been giving him leftovers from the house I do not like to see any animal starving. I am 100% sure it was him who killed my chickens on the last he killed he became stuck in the cage he had ate ones whole body all was left was its feet the rest I just find piles of feathers and no bird. I have some pics

This is what I found of most that was killed.

Since I have been feeding him scraps I am the only one he does not run from everyone eles he bolts. I will get a picture of him and see what you all think of him. Those killed were A ( three small hens and 2 adult roosters and 1 young roo.)

 

[chickerdoodle]

If this cat gets fed and you make your pen more secure I bet that cat would be an excellent rat or mouse killer...

 

[bambi]

If it is a true feral cat the best thing you can do for it is kill it. True feral cats can not be tamed this has been my experience. I tried to tame one for about a year and right when I thought it was getting more use to me feeding it literally attacked me. If you get bit by a cat it is one of the most painful and expensive experience. I had to get shots (3) and was on antibiotics for a while my hand and arm swelled up like a balloon in just a few hours. I still fed the cat with broom in hand but I just had a sad and painful experience watching it slowly dying over time. I finally had to shoot it and I wish I would have done it sooner for it really led a miserable life and it would have been a more merciful thing to do. Huamne Society do not want feral cats they do not keep them and I pearsonably feel trapping then taking them to a place to only be killed would not be my choice. I wish you well on trying to solve your problem

 

[armadamork]

I'm sorry if this offends anyone but i have no patience for wild animals and stray cats. We got our first chickens last April and thought I had an animal proof coop and run. Little did I realize a raccoon could climb up the trim and under the roof. It killed 9 of my 16 chickens. Since then I have set a live trap and if it is a coon or a cat it goes. The neighbor has a lot of barns and cats are common. It is THEIR responsibility to keep them off MY property. All other animals I relocate.

 

[Spookwriter]

An animal that kills your flock generally has to go away.

A feral cat? Best answer is probably death. Nothing something I
really like to say, certainly not something I look forward to doing.
Just something that has to be done to protect your flock.

 

[Ibicella]

You can try trapping and then take him to a vet. They will either put him down or ask you to surrender him. Either way will the most humane option.

 

[Love my Critters!]

I too have no patients with animals attacking MY animals. This last weekend we got home from an out of town trip and I was in the house unpacking. My 2 year old son and husband went out to play with the dogs. (my chickens free range during the day in a fenced in 1 acre area) I heard a gun shot, I went outside and my husband had shot a dog that had my silkie rooster in it's mouth. We rarely have dogs loose in our area, we didn't recognize the dog, and the dog did not have a collar on. My husband had 2 choices, let the dog feed on the chickens, or kill the dog. He shot the dog right in the heart/lungs and the dog dropped instantly. Once an animal finds "food" it will continue to come feed until there is no longer any "food" left. No matter if it is a wild animal or a wild domesticated animal.

 

[clairabean]

I genuinely thought the thread title was Chicken killing a cat. I thought Hold Toledos, I need a few of those chickens!!

 

[Catstar68]

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Are you sure it wasn't killed by something else and the cat was just being opportunistic? I know there are probably cats that can do this, but killing and adult rooster seems more than your average kitty can manage. From your description of the remains, it just doesn't seem like a cat.