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A feral cat killed my sweet barn cat in her own shelter. We have another feral that wanders through and s/he is chicken neutral as far as I know. Our chicks are inside so s/he could not harm them. Cats do harm wildlife though. When I lived in the suburbs I gave up on gardening because of all of the cat feces in the soil from my neighbor’s cats. It was disgusting! So not a fan of wandering cats. Wouldn’t kill them though.
 
I am fortunate it seems as I have one evil non tolerant cat. We do not get feral/wandering ones around here and he seems to only poop in the ant lion colonies. He is 14.5 pounds of intolerance towards other cats and anything smaller than him. I'm sure I'll spend the morning hunting for corpses again.

It is nice having this guy around I never need to worry about possum attacks even though he does not like the chicken as they go broody and attack or chase him. I do not like our tree rats and am glad he takes those out even if they are native. These rats are easily 1 pound and 16 inches long from nose to tail. I know how much they weigh from putting them into my calibrated metal dustbin and tossing them over the back fence on a daily basis.

Regardless, the cat leaves the birds alone that come to steal his food during the day apparently they ruin his food were you to ask, chicken ruin it, green jays ruin it, wood peckers ruin it. Sucks to be a cat!
 
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cavemanrich said:
Seems tooo many peeps here would like to treat stray cats like an enemy.:idunno All my cats in my Avatar are feral rescues. They don't bother my chickens. They live outdoors and have a safe garage they can enter for the night. I have them ALL neutered/spayed, and do provide food and water always. They in turn provide my grounds, mouse and rat free environment.
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Are you able to keep your cats on YOUR property? That would be my concern, as a neighbour.....
 
BGcoop said:
I think you should see if he has an owner and if not, adopt him. View attachment 1953354This is our feral kitten that my daughter caught last year at this time. He’s a terrible mouser, has only ever caught one chipmunk -which he carried around for a while and then let go, but he does catch (and eat:sick) any BUG that dares to enter the house.

P.S. He has never bothered the chickens and he is fixed
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Yeah! That is a great solution for YOU! This person has other concerns.....
 
cavemanrich said:
Yes they do. Mine use the litter box in garage access, or bury somewhere in my yard. The cigars that I do find around belong to the Raccoons, opossums, and skunks that are plentiful in my urban neighborhood. There is also some scat left behind by coyotes. I do have to gather rabbit scat (goobers:gig) to keep my dogs from munching on those.

For all the peeps that are not in favor of cats being outdoors, here is some interesting reading of a successful program. I rescued my ferals (ones in my avatar) living creatures, and put them thru the TNR, at my out of pocket expense. Should I have ended their life:idunno,,,
BTW the TNR program was adopted here in USA, from the UK, where it is successful.
https://www.alleycat.org/our-work/trap-neuter-return/
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The cats - once neutered and returned - STILL are an invasive species, wrecking havoc with wildlife. They also have a SIGNIFICANTLY shorter lifespan in the wild. LOSE LOSE situation, to my mind....
 

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