Do cats eat adult bantams?

[AusHen]

A friend had a large tom cat take out a full size chicken. I have also seen cats kill large parrots so yes, bantams can definitely a target

 

[my gang eats grass]

A friend had a large tom cat take out a full size chicken. I have also seen cats kill large parrots so yes, bantams can definitely a target

Oh wow, I've never seen a cat take out a full size chicken.

 

[AusHen]

It was a red sex-link, didnt get a chance to eat the chicken because it was chased away. Thankfully caught in a live trap dropped off at the pound before it got another

 

[McChooky]

So, I know that cats don't eat adult standard sized chickens, (we have had cats and chickens at the same time pretty much the whole time we have been raising chickens). But I was wondering, will a cat eat a full grown bantam?

No standard size chicken is a match for a big cat much less a bantam. Most cats kill birds.

 

[my gang eats grass]

No standard size chicken is a match for a big cat

We've had lots of cats, the one we have now I'd consider a big cat, and they have never hurt one of our adult chickens. And we don't have wimpy cats, they live outside 24/7 and have caught some pretty big stuff. So I think that typically cat's don't go after standard size chickens. All our cats have complete access to the chicken yard.

 

[McChooky]

Most cats could take down a standard size chicken if it wanted not saying all do(some do). I wouldn't consider it a safe practice to let Bantams or chicks free range if you have strays or ferals nearby.My Siamese climbs the hardware run trying to get my 8 week old chicks

 

[my gang eats grass]

Most cats could take down a standard size chicken if it wanted not saying all do(some do). I wouldn't consider it a safe practice to let Bantams or chicks free range if you have strays or ferals nearby.My Siamese climbs the hardware run trying to get my 8 week old chicks

I was just saying that not all big cats eat chickens, (ours don't). We don't let our cats anywhere near chicks no matter how aggressive the mamma hen, cats will eat chicks standard or not. Thank you for the advise on bantams.

 

[McChooky]

I was just saying that not all big cats eat chickens, (ours don't). We don't let our cats anywhere near chicks no matter how aggressive the mamma hen, cats will eat chicks standard or not. Thank you for the advise on bantams.

I agree 100%!