Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[theuglychick]

In going to check again today.

I wonder if the Mrs is nesting under were Mr Squatch was roosting. He'd be close if she needed help and up a tree he'd be a good look out.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

About 2 months ago, I was walking along the edge of the woods on my property and I spooked off what I thought was a lone wild turkey. I heard flapping and frantic clucking which I've heard before when I walk up on them roosting before dusk. I've seen dozens of wild turkeys around here and didn't think much more of it. Except this one sounded exactly like a chicken.

Over the past several weeks this happened once again, same spot. Weird wild turkey, right?

This morning i slept a little later than normal and I'm walking to my coop to let my birds out of the coop and I hear frantic clucking and think, "man, I didn't put one of my girls up, it's a wonder she made it through the night alive." Looked in the coop, all my girls and guys are there. At this point I'm certain I'm losing my mind.

Fast forward to this evening, about an hour before roosting, I was cleaning out my brooder and go to dump the shavings along the edge of the woods and I hear the fleeing frantic flapping and clucking again, but this time I see it... it's a darn chicken! Not one of mine, either. She took off through the woods.

I have a wild chicken, y'all. I think she was calling this morning because she was looking for my birds because they weren't out yet.

I went out after dark but there was no sign of her, that I could see. I put cracked corn out for her.

Only one of my neighbors has chickens and his are locked up tight without ever being let out to free range and they are bantams. This is definitely not a bantam. I don't know where she came from. No one else around me has chickens.

My husband doesn't believe me. We are going to put his game cam out where I've been spooking her and tomorrow morning I'm going to wait before I let my birds out to see if we hear her.

I just think this is the neatest thing. She's GOT to be lonely out there. Anyone have any suggestions on how to catch her? She's been living in the wild unseen for at least 2 months that I know of!

A short time ago somebody chucked an older rooster in my yard and drove off. I caught him later by waiting an hour after the sun went down a climbed a ladder and snagged it out of the tree. Look in the trees and grab it. Don't stick it in with your flock in case it has bugs or a sickness.

 

[Suzi18]

mmmm, I want to have breakfast at your house.

Me too! Stacey , can you bring the double stuffs?

 

[sannabelle]

A short time ago somebody chucked an older rooster in my yard and drove off. I caught him later by waiting an hour after the sun went down a climbed a ladder and snagged it out of the tree. Look in the trees and grab it. Don't stick it in with your flock in case it has bugs or a sickness.

The roo has been caught (out of a tree) already

 

[Lazy Farmer]

The roo has been caught (out of a tree) already

ours yes... same day is was thrown over our fence

 

[Suzi18]

have you ever tried overnight oatmeal? We love it!

I make overnight oatmeal in the crock pot with steel cut oats, bananas, coconut milk raisins and a dash of brown sugar. Its delicious and I keep in the fridge all week. That way I can scoop some out every morning and just heat it up. Yummy!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

ours yes... same day is was thrown over our fence

So was the rooster here.

She picked him like a ripe apple.
Now just to locate and capture the female....... And any babies she may be sitting on.
If they are still in the eggs that will be much easier then if they are 2 inches tall.

 

[Kiki]

A ripe apple....

 

[andreanar]

Good morning!
Anyone else having eggs for breakfast?

I would be, IF my 6.5 mth old girls would start laying any!!

 

[Sassysouth]

I had a hardboiled egg for breakfast and am currently eating 3 more hardboiled eggs and an apple for lunch... lol

I wish I liked boiled eggs, I cannot seem to get passed the smell.