I had 3 chickens---two little babies and one young chicken--all males. They always stayed in the yard. The young chicken would roost in the woodline at night, and the babies in their cage, but during the day they always stayed in the yard.
Someone gave me a baby hen and all of a sudden my chickens have gone wild! Seriously! The first night she was there, I went out to put them in the cage, and they were no where to be found. Since then (it's been a week), I've only seen them twice! And they go crazy if I get anywhere near them! I used to hold them a lot! I don't get it.
Anyway, I need to catch them, and have them stay in the coop for a while until they get the idea that the yard is home. But I can't catch them! Any ideas?
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Okay, I've had a bunch of hens, no roosters. Mine have a pen and a coop and get to "free-range" my yard for a little while each day. Seems like adding the hen really was the problem. If it were me, I'd set out something really irresistible in a low-sided pan so they can see what's in it (I use round cake pans). Watermelon and cantaloupe will have mine breaking their necks to get to it. Then I'd try to corner them one at a time, with a partner if possible. I've never had this problem as they always run into their coop at night. Oh, and contrary to what someone else said, mine have remained really good pets even after sexual maturity (perhaps because there are no roosters.) Good luck, I sure hope you can lure them back before a predator gets any.
If your aim is good, you can probably tie a light cage to a rope catch them if te cage were a lasso, but its a slim chance. Btw, you might want to seperate them.
contact KFC . I am certain they will help
shotgun should do the trick.
We tried this, kinda worked but usually only 1 a day, they got too smart, but you gotta be quick. Get some dog food, or something they really like. Put it in a big dog cage, (we used one of those plastic airplane carrier pet kennels) put the food in and when they go in close the door. Good luck and don't get pecked lol
And not to sound ignorant, but they probably got all wild because you threw a gal in the bunch.
Hmm. A big fishing net, or get someone to help herd them into a mosquito net.
Or maybe a big blanket and throw it over them, one at a time? The blanket might confuse or slow them down.
Or just take the hen out and they should settle down.
Good luck :-)
Use a fish net with a long pole and after you catch them build a little pen for them keep them in there for like 1 hour so they can call it home once you let them come out they'll always go back in that little pen. Their just like pigeons they always go back home.
Look for an elfish boy with a green hat that wanders around town swinging his wood sword. His name is Link he'll get your chickens back where they belong. Make sure you have some rupees or something else useful for his quest to repay him.
mebbe a food trial like hansel and gretal. get them in and keep
em in befor something eats them. dont forget their brains are real
teeny. not the smartest of the bird groups. i have lots of cats that come and go in the neighborhood, sometimes i get one that upsets the whole group, cat-stress, i end up having to let that
one go.
I used to raise chickens, ducks, and turkeys (not all at the same time). I can tell you from expirenece that once they hit sexual maturity they do grow crazy and really cease to be good pets any longer, like i used to have a little pullet (baby hen) the was a bantam (small breed) id put her on my shoulder and walk around the house w/ her, she even drink water if i held a cup up to her!, but as soon as she had paired she became all crazy like and wouldnt do it anymore, same w/ my turkey he was really nice and sweet till he hit maturity, then he attack you even if you went in his pen to refill his water!! plus he used to be able to be let out but after that hed run halfway dwn the block and we have to go out and chase him every night w/ a bowl of feed to gethim back home, If youve got a barn or are able to make an enclosed pen id suggest this, here it snows too much and the roof on the pen'd collapse so i tied him via foot to a sting in the center of his pen so he couldnt escape, but this isnt really a good idea, just somthing i HAD to do in a pinch, My best advice is to give up on them as being handle-able pets and if youve got a large enough yard then they should be fine living as free range, just put there food next to the cages or where you want them to come to most of the time and they shouldnt stray TOO far from that. If you really do want them secure though id suggest builng a pen, for four chickes id say an 8x8 should be plenty, and not to expensive to build just use those gren posts, and chicken wire w/ some sort of netting over top, make sure the netting is stretched tight though so they cant get tangled when they "test" it out the first few times. The only other thing with freerange though is chickenhawks.if theyre not native to your area, good your lucky, but my buddy lost a whole flock of freerange (about 16 in all!) to just one family (3birds) of chicken hawks! they wernt even in the area till he let them go free range, then the hawks moved right in to the edge of his woods, within a month.no more chickens. As for catching the ones you have now, just put out food and wait, theyll show up eventually and if you and a friend tag-team them into a corner you should be able to get them, itll probly only be one at a time and expect a workout and several failed attempts but chickens are dumb so try to use your brain not your legs (as therye MUCH quicker then you im sure youve learned :) either rate good luck and e-mail me if you have anymore questions, id be happy to help
Oh and FYI stay w/ chickens.turkeys are the STUPIDEST animals alive, I had my chicks almost die cuz they were too stupid to figure out where the water was when i switched it to a new container, plus theyll stand in one place so long in winter that there feet'll freeze to the ground.nothing like standing out in a noreaster trying to defrost your turkey! lol
hope this helps :)
Chickens will go anywhere for food, call them to get their attention and let them see you drop food near their cage then put a big pile in the cage, chickens cant resist a big pile of food.
Step back and let them come over.
If they wont come over, do the same thing every day at the same time and they will begin to trust you.
But dont try to grab or chase them until they are all in the cage or you will scare them away.
what you need to do is watch them to see where they sleep, after it gets dark, just shine the flashlight in their eyes and go in and pick them up
then keep them cages until they become more tame
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