chickens and cats

[Phil]

I hope you won't think this is a daft question!

I would like to have hens in my garden but we are plagued by domestic cats!   >:(  Are they a threat to hens? 

[Phil]

[glow777]

Hens will see cats off especially if you had a cockerall.

Ours were witnessed harassing a cornered rat the other day and mice that stray through the "warzone" last seconds

[Phil]

Wow!! Scaring off cats?  That sounds like another good reason to have hens!

Thanks!

[OliveOil]

yes fully grown LF will scare of cats easily. But chicks and growers are another story. Since i moved my LF to the allotment i have cats try and snatch my 8 week olds and baby chicks! Not been too bad since we have the mother hen here.

[worldor]

Yes, when it comes to the pecking order cats are definitely lower down than chickens and so are rabbits. Woe betide any cat that tries to take a chick from a protective broody hen.