We have 9 chicks in a rubbermaid brooder. We brought them im thursday and had been keeping an eye on our 2 cats. My pit had been guarding the chicks and wouldn't let the cats near them. Well, last night my dog came to sleep in our room. Hubby woke me up at 6:30 this morning and said that one of the cats was in the brooder. My first thought was "Oh no, she killed the chicks" (she a great mouser). I asked him about the chicks, and he said that they were all alive and snuggled up with the cat. I wish he had gotten a pic.