My 2nd cousin lives on a farm and has about 21 chickens, we end up finding the cats in the chicken coop, but we want them there to hunt mice. How do we get them to stop bothering the chickens?
Any full grown chicken not only has a hard beak, it has nails on it’s toes and wings that can beat the sh** out of any adult cat. Cats don’t bother chickens. Baby chicks, they may, but if a cat can get in the pen, then that means raccoons can too, and they will guaranteed be ones likely to kill and drag off the carcasses of the birds. You need to update your fencing or do a nightly coop for the birds.
Adding one muscovy duck to the mix would eliminate any cat getting into the pen. But it still won’t protect against a carnivorous raccoon looking for a meal.
Any full grown chicken not only has a hard beak, it has nails on it’s toes and wings that can beat the sh** out of any adult cat. Cats don’t bother chickens. Baby chicks, they may, but if a cat can get in the pen, then that means raccoons can too, and they will guaranteed be ones likely to kill and drag off the carcasses of the birds. You need to update your fencing or do a nightly coop for the birds.
Adding one muscovy duck to the mix would eliminate any cat getting into the pen. But it still won’t protect against a carnivorous raccoon looking for a meal.
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