Sounds reasonable.
PS - I would watch them just in case daughter (I forget name) wants to eat Louise’s babies?
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I think colony mom’s just take care of whatever kitten is there wanting to eat.
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Me too - but I am a doomsdayer! LOL.
This litter box solved that problem for me. Otherwise my former stray fills the whole house with litter…
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I tried a top entry litter box (mainly to keep the dogs out of it) and Mr. Barn Cat would not use it.
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I have the Modkat one that is similar. Worked a dream with Kitten and former cat Bergen… but Trixie stalks Kitten while he is inside, so he now will only use the open one.
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Yeah, I feel like cats either like them or don’t. Mine seems to like it.
I wish mine did!
Thankfully Mr. Barn Cat typically lives outside and only lives inside when he is recovering from something or he wants to take a nap on the bed.
She stopped at two. Can’t wait until she calms down enough to change out the bedding. She’s doing well. We think we’ll give it a bit more time before putting the mamas together. Both seem very preoccupied with their little families.
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So, five kittens total. Two males will have homes (we won’t send females to the previous owner). So, three homes needed. It could be worse.
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Okay. Scratch that. Two more kittens born in the last hour. Three from one and four from the other. Seven total. Whoa.
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I vote for the Star Wars names. Our tuxedo polydactyl was named Leia. She was a barn cat we adopted when she was 4 months old, who turned into a very happy house cat (with an unrelated tuxedo “brother” also a former barn cat, Dexter).
Leia was named by our BO’s young sons. Two other kittens in the litter were Padme and Anakin.
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Oh, and as far as polydactyl, Leia was from a litter of four. She and her sister, Lizzy (the only non-Star Wars names from the litter) were both polydactyl. Padme and Anakin had the normal number of toes.
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How are the mamas (both the kitty mamas and YOU!) doing? How are the babies? I am sure you are all exhausted! Can’t wait to see the new littles!
I hope this doesn’t come off wrong, but since former owner has requested kittens… I hope you’re neutering any of the males going to former owner. Doesn’t sound like he has any interest in doing the right thing with his cats! (And I hope he doesn’t take perfectly socializable kittens and make them barn cats… barn cat life can be rough.)
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Hopefully she’ll settle down some now. She was still in labor; no wonder she was restless.
Happy kittens! I would at least attempt putting them back together post delivery but wait a few days, making sure everybody’s settled into the business of being a mom.
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He totally intends to use these kittens as barn cats. We’ll see what happens. He may have lost interest. I’ll ask the agent because I never had a way to contact him directly and he cannot contact us directly. He doesn’t live that far away though, and we don’t want to make enemies, so we’ll have to tread lightly.
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We moved here with four indoor cats and one barn cat, all fixed. We thought we were overloaded with cats already. We knew there were probably going to be a few barn cats, but we didn’t know that they weren’t fixed. Essentially, this guy left, not just four barn cats, but eleven cats for us to care for, neuter, rehome, etc…. That’s pretty bad. I think most people would be more responsible. It will take time to sort out this mess and get us down to just a few, fixed, barn cats. Sixteen cats right now. I think I just stop every time I pass a store to buy more litter. 
In the meantime, these are going to be nice, well socialized kittens. The plan is to get Louisa settled with Polly, and her kittens, in the silo (which we already determined will not overheat-it has two screened windows and a vent). We’ll visit them at least twice daily for cleaning, feeding, water, and socialization. Then, in 6-8 weeks, depending on the mother cats, we’ll bring all the kittens inside for even more socialization, while the mama cats get spayed and come home to the workshop to recover in crates (Ralph has free run of the workshop). Next, they get turned loose in the workshop with Ralph (who charms every female he meets). Then all three get turned loose on the farm. Meanwhile, the kittens will be ready for new homes at eight weeks. I just hope they keep their babies until about then, but some don’t. Last summer, Minerva dumped hers at about four weeks.
As for rehoming kittens…anyone who visits is in danger of leaving with a kitten! 
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