Do cats eat alive chickens?

Question

ok so my mum wants to buy an alive chicken but there are like so many neighbour hood cats living around would they try to attack or eat my chickens???????

Answer 1

Yes they do..I came home one day and saw feathers everywhere and saw a cat killing my chooks

Answer 2

my cat used to just stare at my pet chicken..chickens are kind of more intimidating than a little bird..haha

Answer 3

its mainly the feral and stray cats ya got to worry about, domesticated cats wouldn't worry about, i rekon a feral cat could take down a bantam, but not a full grown hen. it dosnt really matter as long as u have a secure pen/coop, with a roof. (they climb in).

Answer 4

Cats will eat anything if they can get to it, even if they are not hungry, they just want to play . Also they might if they are scavengers.

Answer 5

My cat, in her younger years, killed and ate squirrels and all kinds of birds.  I wouldn't put it past a cat to kill a chicken.

Answer 6

Cats and birds have a long history... about being natural peices of the food chain no doubt that achicken would become a deliciouse buffet to a cat.

Answer 7

yes they do. i used to own a chicken farm and ive notice tht bout 4 of them were dead becuz of some stay cats. they do attack them and they do eat them.

Answer 8

An outside cat might kill it, but you never know.

Answer 9

idk bt they might if they are scavengers

Answer 10

no, they kill it first.