Some help for my chickens?

[NanoByte]

HI,

A few weeks ago, one of my Australopes died due to an attack from a cat. (Im not sure whos cat it was, it was in the middle of the night.)

All my chickens were locked up in the coop but I found out that the cat pulled the handle off so the door slid off. ( I fixed it)

How can I keep the cats out?

Im sure they keep coming back.

 

[dmccann]

Can you call humane socitiy to trap cats? can you make your coop more secure with hardware wire?

 

[nzpouter]

shoot it if your local area permits it.

 

[hughmac312]

hi,

we've made our coop, Coop Knox...

No effort is too much to protect your chickens.
Have strong, double latch, ie a latch with some type of lock to keep it latched.

I have wire inside and out of the coop's window.

Our coop is 18" off the ground, with a solid floor.

Hope this helps.

Hugh

 

[hughmac312]

also,

cats hate water

if you can ambush it with a hose or some sort of trap

or get a hav-a-hart trap and contact the local gov't for assistance, in fact
call them ahead of time..

good luck

 

[woodmort]

Are you sure it was a cat? I've never know a cat to tear there way into a coop or anyplace they know there is prey. Do you have other types of predators in the area that you could suspect?

 

[NanoByte]

Yea, it was a cat. We put saw dust around the coop and the foot prints match the cat.
and there are heaps of cats in my neighbourhood/

plus we're not allowed guuns in sydney.