Can the wild chickens hurt mine in their tractor?

[TheRookie]

These three wild chickens (remnants of an original flock of 13) keep coming around my tractor and "talking" to my chickens lol. I'm just wondering if they could possibly infect them with anything. They don't usually come closer than a foot or two away from the tractor cause my birds have a fit. I would love to catch these chickens and quarantine them and introduce them into my flock but I'm not sure how. We don't have any live animal traps so is there a way I could catch them without it? I sat inside our lovely tractor and took these pics, I'd also love to know any opinions on breed. All are bantams.



This ones probably a Wheaten Game


The other one looks exactly like this one but with silver lacing instead of gold


They are starting to trust me because I've put food out every day for them but not to get closer than 10 feet. That is, unless I'm pretending to be a giant chicken inside a tractor lol

 

[wvgal61]

My Grandpa used to watch where they roosted and went back a few hours later climbed the tree and caught them

 

[TheRookie]

I know where they roost... But its in a long tree line and they know how to get from one end to the other pretty quick. Plus, the trees are Cypress and not really good for climbing.

 

[wvgal61]

1. Oh yea the crypress trees would be a problem. They usually don't run after they roost if you let them roost for a while.

Could you get to them with a step ladder?

 

[TheRookie]

I'm trying to lure them into a dog cage I've set up. I'm just getting them used to it now, but when I get home this weekend, I'll have a string tied to the door and will try to capture them that way. Gahh I've gone insane over these chickens lol