It does look so big for a bob cat and has the body type that is more cougar-like. --- Had a thought that maybe it watches your actions - hence knows that you and the dogs have done the routine and the coast is clear, --- especially think that predators are sly and observant. It also seems that the bob cat would be more nocturnal. Sometimes the predators can wipe out other pests (rodents) -- but the fowl look like easy pickin's.
Seems sometimes like everything from microbes to heat stroke to other animals are after our chickens. :O(
