That is not true at all. I caught my cat after a white rock this summer when I let them out to forage in the evening in the garden with me. He obviously did not believe me that my chickens were off limits. I picked up an approx 3' long, 4" diameter branch and threw it and hit him in the shoulder. (At that distance I am still amazed that I hit him.) I dug my pullet out from under the tall grass in the fence row where she hid, and pecked his head hard with her beak, yelling at him the entire time. Garf has not approached another chicken. When Double Toes was going to go after a serama on the floor just as I was bending over to get Toes by the tail, Garf ran in and nosed Toes. They both left the barn. Cats can and will kill a full grown chicken, easily. I will not tolerate any of my barn/farm cats hurting my chickens and they are not allowed into their pens.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:03 PM, Peggy Chase <satanslvr@yahoo.com> wrote:
When I had to shoot a feral cat for killing chickens, I caught him in the act. He was feral though, not a pet.
On Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:12 PM, Amy Bishop wrote:
Me too! For the record if a cat was going to get a chicken I imagine there would be plenty of feather evidence - after all a cat can't kill a chicken so easily as that and not leave feathers everywhere! But again, I think the cats aren't the culprit - chickens look very large to a cat and cats don't tend (neither do most mammals) to attack 'prey' larger than themselves.
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