You got chickens, mister B. Cat will eventually come calling. A bob cat isn't so scary (although they can mess you up, they are not likely to unless you get too close to the kittens and usually will move along.. but a local woman did end up with a 150 stitches when one landed on her out of a tree). Its the mountain lions on the loose way away from the mountains that I don't care for. We had a mountain lion kill a deer a 100 ft from my front door. And this is Nebraska. Its why I most times don't go cut firewood without the Glock 20.

If you have house cats that start disappearing you might have a bob cat around. The house cats aren't afraid of its smell, don't run away and the bob cats think Fluffy is tasty.