Cat among the bantams

[StephOC 6]

When I was a kid we kept hens and had chicks every summer. Something was picking off the chicks (not baby chicks, about 6 inchs high) one by one in the daytime, and they were all inside an ark/run. One day my mum and I were upstairs standing at the window and saw this cat we ended up with (caught it in a trap and the Cats Protection Legue had no room for it so we ended up keeping) on the lawn, staring at the chicks. He was there for ages, and then one of the chicks stuck its head out through one of the 'carrying handle holes' made in the wood at the end, to peck the grass outside and the cat got hold of it, pulled it out and ran off with it! I think if we'd kept the cat long enough he'd have learned to take bigger hens too. I saw him take two squirrels myself. We re-homed him on a stables. I think a super soaker is your best bet if they show too much interest, but perhaps you could also borrow an aggressive cock for a week to teach pussy a lesson?

[steviemann 5]

or if ur not feeling that mercenarie, live catch it and hand it in as a stray

I agree live catch it if you're too worried to shoot it.

I have many ferals round my pheasants

 

 

Cats have never troubled my chickens even when I have chicks. Got a neighbour with four of the horrible things

 

 

But I do have trouble with cats around my release pens when I have very young poults down. Especialy my partridge pens.

 

These I cannot ignore

[camies 1]

Cats get run over every day (if you get my drift)

Edited September 5, 2009 by camies

[peeps_76 17]

hi there

only twice have i had cats taking chickens and both were very wild ferals. goose/geese are a good option and are not only good at keeping away cats but are also great alarm birds for ALL other intruders. thet soon let you know if there is something around day or night!

no way would i shoot it.

regards P

[DIGZY 4]

kill it then run over it with car then lie it at the road side they wont think twice

[Malt 379]

I know what I'd do if/when a cat got hold of any animal on my property, but I certainly wouldn't be daft enough to post anything on a public site about it...

 

Saying that, I'd make damn sure that my animals were safely housed as a first line of defence.

[.terrier man. 193]

Hi guys. I just bought my 8yr old son 3 bantams at the weekend. I have a really nice coop which I made. My wife also wants 3 or 4 chickens for eggs and just pets. Although the birds are or will be managed, the chickens will have access to an open top pen. I live in the country with one neighbour next door and a small development 60yrs down the road.

 

My neighbour has a cat that kill and hunts all day, they half time never feed it going of on holidays and letting it run at large. If this cat attempts to kill my chickens or bantams, can I shoot it? I need to be sure as my neighbour is a police man and in 5 year has grunted hello to me twice. They never talk to anyone.

 

So what are our rights to protect our livestock without getting into trouble witht he law.

 

PS asking them to keep the cat under control is not an option, my wife did try to talk to them and they asked her forcefully to leave but not [bANNED TEXT] they complained about my 13yr old Irish Terrier pooping in MY OWN Yard. Yes you read that correctly.

 

Help me out here

set your terrier on it

[TOPPER 1,809]

under english law cats are classesd as property so technically you can t touch it, but if you were to live trap it and one dark night release it unharmed about 50 miles away who to say where it will end up !!

[The one 8,551]

under english law cats are classesd as property so technically you can t touch it, but if you were to live trap it and one dark night release it unharmed about 50 miles away who to say where it will end up !!

 

Aye best answer yet see if its a homing cat

[Catcher 1 639]

a friend of mine must have 15 chicken of different types, about 4 ducks and 4 geese, theres always cats coming from the village to his place and manily taking chicks but on a few occasions have taken chickens, they all have nest boxes to sleep in and the geese are under the nest boxes on a night time, , still they get in and kill them, we have sein this, , if your birds are locked up all the time then there should be no problem, atb,

[Catcher 1 639]

a friend of mine must have 15 chicken of different types, about 4 ducks and 4 geese, theres always cats coming from the village to his place and manily taking chicks but on a few occasions have taken chickens, they all have nest boxes to sleep in and the geese are under the nest boxes on a night time, , still they get in and kill them, we have sein this, , if your birds are locked up all the time then there should be no problem, atb,

 

 

Must be good cat,s or bad geese lurcherlad.Had geese as a lad.The best watch dog,s ever.Would attack or make such a racket.No one would come near.atb. Catcher 1

[Dawn B 212]

kill it then run over it with car then lie it at the road side they wont think twice

What a clever boy you are. Thanks for bring a once reputable hunting site down to your level!

[Matt 160]

Edited September 7, 2009 by Matt the Rat

[Dawn B 212]

I'm surprised that the moderators have left some of the idiotic posts on this thread.

 

To break the law by killing someone's pet is bad enough; to come onto an internet forum and brag about it is not on.

 

The saddest thing of all is that people wonder why this site is so watched. The answer is easy; because we've got so many idiots who happily post about illegal things they've done.

 

It makes us all look bad IMO.

You are right Matt, we will all be tarred by the same brush.

[essexjed 1]

under english law cats are classesd as property so technically you can t touch it, but if you were to live trap it and one dark night release it unharmed about 50 miles away who to say where it will end up !!

bit costly ...na....better just use it as ferret food- they love cats(so im told)....and YES!! i am joking... Edited September 6, 2009 by essexjed