Thanks for writing. I am going to echo Chris' sentiments about the cats probably being an issue, as we have two young, hyper dogs (1 border collie, 1 pitbull) as well as two geese (who are pretty bossy and have lately been charging the dogs ... this has had little effect on my dog, who still gives them a good chase across the land), and 8 laying hens. My border collie has lived with a cat in the past, and they became close friends but she would herd him pretty persistently. My mom's pit has never known cats, except for the stray who used to live in the barn, and if he saw the cat he would race around in circles barking at the rafters.
We like to let our hens out to free range during the daytime, and so far, despite living in a heavily wooded area, we have not had any chicken fatalities. I am not so concerned about the geese -- part of the reason we got the geese was that we heard that geese protect chickens, or at least keep other critters at bay. I'll admit, I thought it was pretty hysterical when I caught our geese honking and chasing our pitbull. He ran away with his tail between his legs.
We love cats -- so it's not an issue for us. I would be more concerned with the cat/dog relationship and the cat/chicken relationship.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
M
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