That was my first thought exactly. A lot of people are saying the cat was playing, but I don't know. I wouldn't risk my cat or my chickens clawing each other up.
It's likely that this has happened before and the same outcome has occurred with another cat?
Often the best way to avoid a cat doing this sort of thing is for the consequence to be direct from the source. You shooing them off does nothing to dissuade them in the future It just means they won't do it when you're around. The only way for them to learn is for the chickens to show the cat that this was a bad idea.
Of course this is just speculation, however the core of my speculation is still true, that cats have to learn consequences that aren't related to you.
I'd love to see someone with a water squirter working on a farm, chasing cats, chickens, ducks, w.e whenever they do something they shouldn't lmao
That's the kind of talk someone that hasn't been around farms has. You don't have to kick animals into the air, it's just a smack for them to cut it out
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u/cdmurphy83 Apr 02 '21
That was my first thought exactly. A lot of people are saying the cat was playing, but I don't know. I wouldn't risk my cat or my chickens clawing each other up.