Something tells me you don’t wait for the dog/cat to show you they don’t want your chickens before you off them.
If the animal is here and it’s not welcome then it gets taken care of.
Leaving them alone means they get killed or eaten alive by hawks, eagles, coyotes, wolves, moutain lions, bears, wolverines, bobcats, or etc.
It sounds cold but what to me is truly cold are the monsters who drop off their house pets along US 20.