- Apr 20, 2019
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On Friday, April 18, 2025, a thief was caught stealing food from the barn cats. Witnesses claim to have seen the Isa Brown hen eating out of the cat's food dish on multiple occasions. Some even claim she would bring her friends with her, and together they would peck the dish clean. Witnesses were able to take pictures of the looter as she ran away. Police were able to apprehend her shortly after. Police warn she was not working alone, and her accomplices are still on the loose. It's believed she was working in tandem with the miniature donkeys, who in the past have also been known to steal the cat food. They helped block the path from her pursuers as she escaped.
Photos of the thief running from the scene were provided -
The victims also provided a picture -
A trial will be held next week. The barn cats are calling for 100 hours of community service, which would include dealing with the ticks in the back field of the farm.
In all seriousness, I'm looking for suggestions on how to keep the chickens from eating all the cat food. I've tried putting it up high, blocking the area off, and moving it, but the chickens always find it. Blocking off the barn isn't really an option, as my horses/donkeys/alpacas need access to it from the pasture. And I don't have anywhere else to move the food to.
So, my only idea is creating some type of box with a hole small enough that only the cats can fit through. Maybe I could build some type of gravity feeder inside that I could dump a bag of feed into. I'm just curious if anyone else has had this problem and what you built/did to prevent the chickens from eating all the food. It wouldn't be a big problem if it weren't so expensive or if they only ate a little bit, lol. But a big group of them like to go out there and eat all of it!
Photos of the thief running from the scene were provided -
The victims also provided a picture -
A trial will be held next week. The barn cats are calling for 100 hours of community service, which would include dealing with the ticks in the back field of the farm.
In all seriousness, I'm looking for suggestions on how to keep the chickens from eating all the cat food. I've tried putting it up high, blocking the area off, and moving it, but the chickens always find it. Blocking off the barn isn't really an option, as my horses/donkeys/alpacas need access to it from the pasture. And I don't have anywhere else to move the food to.
So, my only idea is creating some type of box with a hole small enough that only the cats can fit through. Maybe I could build some type of gravity feeder inside that I could dump a bag of feed into. I'm just curious if anyone else has had this problem and what you built/did to prevent the chickens from eating all the food. It wouldn't be a big problem if it weren't so expensive or if they only ate a little bit, lol. But a big group of them like to go out there and eat all of it!
