We have a big Male cat that guards (so I thought) the food bowls and stuff on the deck. Not worried about the chickens they're encircled by an electric fence anyway. It was about dark and I look out onto the deck and a huge coon is eating the cat food and the darn big Male cat is laying down literally 10 inches away just watching the giant coon eating. I use a crossbow around here but by the time I got back he was gone