New chicks on the block

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Our backyard hen and rooster have produced 2 chicks. My kids are so excited to raise them. It's their first time to hatch chicks and they guard them when possible so the neighbor's cats won't kill them. One of the chicks that we bought two years ago had been slain and eaten by a neighborhood cat. They're free range and without a mama hen so danger was there. These new chicks are still free range but they've got mama hen with them so I'm hoping they won't be attacked by these pesky neighborhood cats. I really wish there's a way to get rid of these cats. Any tips?? :)