Hi Everyone,
I'm having a major problem at the moment.
First a local lady from up the roads cat keeps coming around my chickens, yesterday I went to the back door and there it was eating the chickens food, which was abit worrying as they are all free range and it could attack them at any point so I opened the back door and the cat then chased my hens and one flow onto next doors shed! It then continued to keep coming back, we have tried chucking cold water on it but it will not go away, we have 3 dogs which are excellent with the chickens (to the point the hens ride on there backs!!!!) and I let them out when it comes but it seems to then try to take on the dogs, or hid behind the wall.
Also 2 stray cats keep emerging, last night there was a white and black ones coming around trying to get into the hen house, I believe this may be really hungry as they are very skinny and seem to be strays.. If I can catch them I will take them down to the cats home or find them a really good home.
The 2 cockerels do there best, stand on the wall and crow at the cat and bulk there chest out. But nothing seems to get rid of these cats.
How can I stop this?
I have thought about putting cat food out, or is this going to encourage them?
Thought about one of the alarm sensors that is suppose to hurt a cat/dogs ears so they don't come around, but it would upset my dogs.
I'm having a major problem at the moment.
First a local lady from up the roads cat keeps coming around my chickens, yesterday I went to the back door and there it was eating the chickens food, which was abit worrying as they are all free range and it could attack them at any point so I opened the back door and the cat then chased my hens and one flow onto next doors shed! It then continued to keep coming back, we have tried chucking cold water on it but it will not go away, we have 3 dogs which are excellent with the chickens (to the point the hens ride on there backs!!!!) and I let them out when it comes but it seems to then try to take on the dogs, or hid behind the wall.
Also 2 stray cats keep emerging, last night there was a white and black ones coming around trying to get into the hen house, I believe this may be really hungry as they are very skinny and seem to be strays.. If I can catch them I will take them down to the cats home or find them a really good home.
The 2 cockerels do there best, stand on the wall and crow at the cat and bulk there chest out. But nothing seems to get rid of these cats.
How can I stop this?
I have thought about putting cat food out, or is this going to encourage them?
Thought about one of the alarm sensors that is suppose to hurt a cat/dogs ears so they don't come around, but it would upset my dogs.