My favorite chicken died to a cat

[Gigachad poultry]

I'm so sorry!!! Can you set the eggs under another hen?

I have a two hens who are trying to brood and are becoming more and more broody every day. I might set them under one of them, but I'm scared if a strangered hatch happens as a result.

 

[Gigachad poultry]

I'm currently trying to figure out if I should put them in my incubator, however I have quail eggs filling it and they're now in lockdown. So they eggs won't be able to be turned and opening the incubator to turn them myself would shrink wrap the hatching eggs

 

[PhantomSlayer]

Maybe find someone in another town that may want to try taking the cat in? As for preventing the cat from killing again I've seen people do motion activated sprinklers?

 

[Gigachad poultry]

Maybe find someone in another town that may want to try taking the cat in? As for preventing the cat from killing again I've seen people do motion activated sprinklers?

Well the cat is extremely agressive when it comes to people and the person who feeds it never pets it, because they only keep it to kill mice and scorpions. As wouldn't the sprinklers spray the chickens too. Also thanks for the advice.

 

[PhantomSlayer]

Well the cat is extremely agressive when it comes to people and the person who feeds it never pets it, because they only keep it to kill mice and scorpions. As wouldn't the sprinklers spray the chickens too. Also thanks for the advice.

If you use a live trap you wont have to catch it by hand. Maybe buy or ask around your area if anyone has one you can buy or borrow. As for the sprinkler I don't know? Their may be ones you can find thatll only spray a certain direction? The sound alone of it starting might just startle the cat. I've also seen people use cameras with audio to play can alarm for predators. I don't know how effective that would though.

 

[Gigachad poultry]

If you use a live trap you wont have to catch it by hand. Maybe buy or ask around your area if anyone has one you can buy or borrow. As for the sprinkler I don't know? Their may be ones you can find thatll only spray a certain direction? The sound alone of it starting might just startle the cat. I've also seen people use cameras with audio to play can alarm for predators. I don't know how effective that would though.

Yes I'm going to get one for me and my neighbor. I might try the predator alarm if traps don't work. I'm also going to get an owl to scare away the house finches that eat the chicken food and to possibly scare the cat away. Thanks for the advice, it means the world. I will avenge Fluffbum and keep my flock as safe as possible.

 

[Holdthechicken]

Yes I'm going to get one for me and my neighbor. I might try the predator alarm if traps don't work. I'm also going to get an owl to scare away the house finches that eat the chicken food and to possibly scare the cat away. Thanks for the advice, it means the world. I will avenge Fluffbum and keep my flock as safe as possible.

Don’t owls kill chickens as well though? Or do you mean a fake owl?

 

[Gigachad poultry]

Don’t owls kill chickens as well though? Or do you mean a fake owl?

I mean a fake plastic owl as it also keeps away hawks aswell and owl don't go into each other's territory do it will keep away other owls.

 

[Gigachad poultry]

Also were would I ever get an actual owl

 

[Holdthechicken]

Also were would I ever get an actual owl

Haha that’s what I was thinking, but I feel like people have had crazier animals.