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

[biophiliac]

No molting yet.

I spent a good portion of the day out there with them doing yard work and giving their house, and run a tidy-up.

They were born the end of this February. So they are technically still pullets I suppose. Started laying the last week of July-1st week of August.

They are loose in the yard from about 8 am til bedtime.

They like to follow me (or the dog) and weave between my legs (or his!) when I'm trying to get from point A to point B. If I sit they want to sit on my lap. They each get a good lookover every single day.

Easy-peasy since they're tame and spoiled rotten and there's only six of them.

They get looked at from their head to heiney hole.

Today's check:
Dory was clucking and kept heading back to the nesting box whenever she thought she could get past me.
I kept booting her out.
She HATES THAT and tells me what I think are dirty chicken words I'm sure over her shoulder as she walks away. She would flash me the bird I think if she didn't need it to walk!

No mites, lice or other critters.

Everybody's poops look good- god knows there's enough of them!

Everybody's eating fine.

Ruining my garden as usual and helped themselves to lettuce, thyme and oregano.

I was raking pine needles which they thought was WAY fun.

Then later they all settled down for very long dust baths in the sandy soil which refuses to grow grass.

Put themselves to bed as usual.

When I locked up their house Dory was on the roost with the rest of them but making THAT NOISE again!

The girls on either side of her both gave me the stink eye.

The temperature change was the only difference today!

So would mine be older?
I think maybe?
Australorp
Orpingtons
Welsummers

All big breeds.
Big fluffy butts.

Mine were born in feb and started laying in jul like yours. Australorp, BO, BR, AND EE. I had a LED Light in the coop when days got short so they could see to eat. 12 hrs, 6a - 6p. No heat in coop and they layed pretty well all winter, not quite as much as summer- maybe 60%?
The Aussies had a partial moult, mostly the neck area, inNov I believe.

 

[Sassysouth]

I will watch my own chickens for hours a day, I will be glad to watch others on tv. Like, when the mosquitos are too bad, when it is raining, too hot or too cold.
I think I should put out cameras so I can watch them from my phone. I know there is an app for that!

 

[biophiliac]

I will watch my own chickens for hours a day, I will be glad to watch others on tv. Like, when the mosquitos are too bad, when it is raining, too hot or too cold.
I think I should put out cameras so I can watch them from my phone. I know there is an app for that!

X2 The nest-cam has been on my wish list for years!

 

[black_dove2]

Good morning , And and to everyone here that needs it today.

*fun note.
Clicker training as an application of behavioral analysis is now almost 50 years old.
As a former dog trainer who uses 100% positive reinforcement as my training model, I found it to be almost universally successful with incredible results. The hardest part for me was teaching the poor HUMANS the coordination to to use it effectively! Takes a little practice, and the human's timing on the CLICK ( as an event marker) has to be spot on, but once they've mastered that, they are amazed at how fast their dogs LEARN!

That's awesome!

Why did I think there was a post clicker training for Chickens? I must stop reading without my glasses

 

[theuglychick]

Thank you, This is very reassuring.

When he does something naughty he waits and watches my reaction, so I think he's testing me to see what I'm going to do. I don't react.

We are in it for the long haul, so we've all got time. It took my darn budgie a year before she would come to us. Now we can't get rid of her. She's everywhere!

The training will make a bond. These guys live long lives and have long memories. I spent weeks just sitting in my rocker near Dylan's cage before asking her to do anything. She would not come out of the cage for a while when we got her. Now, she is out of the cage on top all day. But, your guy sounds young and impressionable, was in a cage for a whole year while young. Give him lots of time. He sounds like a character!

 

[theuglychick]

Love that! Sounds like something my DD would do!

BTW, GD is sporting her Halloween costume. A pumpkin face mask and an elf hat. She picked it so it must be right.

 

[staceyj]

Someone needs to Foose MY coop!

 

[staceyj]

Thank you, This is very reassuring.

When he does something naughty he waits and watches my reaction, so I think he's testing me to see what I'm going to do. I don't react.

We are in it for the long haul, so we've all got time. It took my darn budgie a year before she would come to us. Now we can't get rid of her. She's everywhere!
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[staceyj]

We need to start CNN. Chicken National Network. "All Chickens All the Time"

*Coupe my Coop.
Renovations to existing but outdated coops.
*60 Chicks and Counting.
The story of a backyard flock that keeps getting bigger.
*Days of Our Cluck
Follows a dramatic heritage breed family and the problems then endure for being so well known.

There's enough breeds to have show a day for years.
Learning episodes to keep everyone up to date on the newest chicken news.
And then a show that's just footage from hidden coop and run cams.

You are REALLY onto something here!

 

[theuglychick]

Love this!

I see he's got his wings, is he flighted?

We are letting Mr. Welvins wings grow out so he can hopefully learn to fledge if he hasn't already.

My 15 month old thinks Dylan is hilarious.