That's what I was thinking! I wouldn't chance it.
It wouldn't happen for me because of my cats personalities.
One cat is terrified of chicks. I tried to 'show' Bonzai, my 14 lb Manx, a three or four day old chick several years ago. He went to sniff her head and she gave him her best peck on the nose. He now will give any cage with chickens of any size a minimum three feet of buffer zone.
Peek-a-boo likes chicks a little too much. She would sit and watch them with me and every so often she would try and reach into the cage and tap one. I would say her name in less than happy tones and she would slowly retract her paw and just watch again. Stinker.