cluckingmad Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Well, I know my two mogs occasionally investigate the eglu and cube, but the other neighbourhood mogs tend to avoid our garden (mainly because our Oscar-the-big-black-cat-with-three-teeth-and-a-gammy-hip is top cat around here ). Until today that is. pottered out to get the eggs my ladies so kindly provide us with, Got to the WIR, out shot the biggest long haried cat I have ever seen... mayhem ensued, with the girls bokking furiously at said cat, flapping wings like mad in its general direction... Poor cat, turned tail and ran, straight into the gigantic chickens that are Flo and Etty.. he actually jumped OVER them to get away, both hens looked utterly disgusted and sohuted at the cat, who cleared the 6ft fence behind our greenhouse in one leap Chooks 1, Cat 0 methinks (just had to add that while all this is going on, aforementioned Oscar and his partner in crime Trouble the Tabbycat were snoozing on the sofa in the sunshine So much for guarding their chickens!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Despite loving my moggies dearly, I do quite like it when their plans for predation are upset Mine are similarly useless at guarding the garden - I suspect the chickens will be a far greater deterrent to the other local moggies who fancy their chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 My chickens definitely rule the roost Put my 3 cats and any others in their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Woohooo! go chickens xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 It seems to be chickens:2, cats:1 in our household. It started off with Ozzy stalking them, but Megan was having none of it and chased him away. Chickens:1, Ozzy 0. He then got cornered in the Eglu when the girls returned and had to be let out of the egg port! Chickens 2: Ozzy 0. However today as he was coming out of the cat flap the girls were in wait for him. He wasn't having any of it and stared them down, and finally managed to get out. He stood up for himself without being aggressive, and it seems they have come to some kind of arrangement whereby there is mutual respect but they ignore each other provided neither is trying it on. Chickens 2: Ozzy 1. Don't seem to have seen any other moggies in our garden recently 'though The chickens are a better deterrent than our three pampered and lazy cats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prof Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 yes, the chickens win every time . I have 2 newly aquired and 3 cats and a dog. 2 of the cats like to roost in the , and the other is soooo uninterested she rarely even goes outside. Garfield was "roosting" away today, and sheltering from the rain, when pumpkin decided she was going in to lay her egg ! There was alot of noise then out shot Garfield looking even more grumpy than normal and even breaking out into a sort of run. He was stupid enough to try reentering the but Bungee the then attacked him . He was totally shocked, looked around, then came into the house, moved Hoover the lab from his basket, then curled up in the dogs bed Chickens 2; cat 1; dog 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckingmad Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Poor Hoover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
