How to make a yard/barn cat "chicken safe"?

[MossflowerWoods]

OK.

I got a mouse nest in my tractor.

I am @#$%^& off!

I do not like cats, but I REALLY do not like the damage the mouse did.

I have almost 50 ducks, guineas and chickens, and I they are here to stay. The cat will NEVER be allowed in the house.

I need it to be a hunter, so I don't want to over feed it, but I NEED it to leave the birds alone.

Is there a way?

Thanks in advance,
David

 

[bp fick]

Dave, lots of folks have great barn cats that mouse and never bother the chickens, some even sleep with them.

I'm no expert on how one pre-judges these qualities in a cat, but I'd likely ask some folks with great barn cats for a couple. Some people might be glad to be shed a few of their cats.

 

[Army grunt]

I have 2 barn cats. They hunt for fun, its what they do. they take a bird every once in a while, but its all part of having them, they never come in the house, I have a warm up hut for them with a heating pad its where they spend the night. then move to a window with sunlight . they wont bother your chickens, but will catch critters for sport.
They are both altered , an spent most days together.
Army Grunt.

 

[Duffster]

Typically mother cats are the best hunters.

The only way to try to get a reasonably good hunter is to get the kitten of a good hunter.

 

[SandburRanch]

We had a barn cat once that thought he would like to have a baby chick for lunch. When that old grumpy setter got finished he knew he had a real good whuppin.:laughing:

 

[blueriver]

OK.

I got a mouse nest in my tractor.

I am @#$%^& off!

I do not like cats, but I REALLY do not like the damage the mouse did.

I have almost 50 ducks, guineas and chickens, and I they are here to stay. The cat will NEVER be allowed in the house.

I need it to be a hunter, so I don't want to over feed it, but I NEED it to leave the birds alone.

Is there a way?

Thanks in advance,
David

Well Mr. DavidBillyBojack ... I have no problem with the cats bothering the chickens. My problem is they always follow me to the house and end up just sleeping on the porch and then the Mrs. starts feeding them and back to the same old problem ... soooo I just end up putting out bait around the barn for those pesking wiring eating little varmits.

In respect to the birds ... the cat just aint gonna leave them alone. I hate it when I find the darn cat showing me his bird kill and a mouse is tip toeing past him.

Some folks say mothballs ... no matter how hard I try I can not successfully seem to find the balls on a moth????

Good Day.

 

[sal64]

i rap all my air intake pipes with 1/4 screening wire so mice cant get in.

 

[Duffster]

Some folks say mothballs ... no matter how hard I try I can not successfully seem to find the balls on a moth????.

:laughing:

 

[toppop52]

Well Mr. DavidBillyBojack ... I have no problem with the cats bothering the chickens. My problem is they always follow me to the house and end up just sleeping on the porch and then the Mrs. starts feeding them and back to the same old problem ... soooo I just end up putting out bait around the barn for those pesking wiring eating little varmits.

In respect to the birds ... the cat just aint gonna leave them alone. I hate it when I find the darn cat showing me his bird kill and a mouse is tip toeing past him.

Some folks say mothballs ... no matter how hard I try I can not successfully seem to find the balls on a moth????

Good Day.

To successfully sex a moth, you must have good training, great eyesight and most of all be extremely gullible! A moth sexer should have completed and passed a course to become an expert, at which time one will receive this certificate.

 

[toppop52]

AS for cats, fixed or not, fed or not some are great hunters and some aren't. My mom's cat will catch anything, snakes, birds, mice, chipmunks, doesn't matter. She's spayed, fat as a pig and sleeps on mom's bed every night.
My two cats are both neutered males and both are good hunters, both stay in the house and eat all they can hold.