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9:23 am
HI THERE
hubby has finally relented and agreed to chooks;
my question is we have 3 cats and around us are 3 more. We are obviously planning on a completely enclosed run but will this many cats spook the chooks too much???
10:29 am
Hi Shelley
What a wise hubby you have 
Our chickens are fine with our 3 yappy Min Pins once they realise that they are safe behind the wire. Cats shouldn't be a problem at all.
My aunt kept loads of chickens in a meadow and the wild cats used to sleep in the chicken houses with them!
1:58 pm
good!
not sure I'd let them in to sleep; they are proficient hunters!
8:36 pm
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Mon 21-Sep-09
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Our chickens seemed quite happy and there were loads of cats, the odd fox, lots of dogs and even once a hen harrier apparently eyeing up our hens (so a neighbour told me) and they were a contented bunch nonetheless.
9:04 pm
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Wed 14-Oct-09
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we had two rescue cats, then moved to the country and acquired 6 chickens. The large male cat has never seemed to notice them, but the smaller female likes to sleep right up agsainst the fence of their run - and lick out the bowl when I give them their porridge in the morning - other than thast no interest shown
11:22 am
thx for all your comments everyone; I feel reassured now
11:08 am
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Mon 14-Sep-09
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I think its more a case of will the chickens upset the cats!!
My little Siamese Cross is often to be found curled up in a nesting box on a cold evening!! My male cat is much more scared of the chooks than they are him. He sometimes tries to eat their food when I fill it up in the mornings( he is a dustbin) but when I let them out he runs for the hills!!
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