To our happy surprise one of the stray cats we care for had kittens on our back porch. We think this is wonderful as she's now more friendly and we love to watch kittens grow.
Next to where she had them on the ground is the Nursery coop with my hen and her 8 chicks. Ivory our hen doesn't seem to mind that she can see and hear the little meows, yet Shemp her mate who is loose and protects the coop has started to try and steal kittens.
By steal I mean he'll come up on the porch and wait for the mother to either leave to use the bathroom or fall asleep before picking up a kitten by the tail and trying to run away with it.
My husband and I are worried he'll end up killing one and we have no idea why he's doing this. We're thinking about locking him up in an coop so he can't get to them.
Any ideas why this is happening? Will he kill one?
Next to where she had them on the ground is the Nursery coop with my hen and her 8 chicks. Ivory our hen doesn't seem to mind that she can see and hear the little meows, yet Shemp her mate who is loose and protects the coop has started to try and steal kittens.
By steal I mean he'll come up on the porch and wait for the mother to either leave to use the bathroom or fall asleep before picking up a kitten by the tail and trying to run away with it.
My husband and I are worried he'll end up killing one and we have no idea why he's doing this. We're thinking about locking him up in an coop so he can't get to them.
Any ideas why this is happening? Will he kill one?