Chicken scared and ran into woods

[Seamus Lafferty]

I have some chickens and they accidentally got out so I tried to catch them and put them up but one of the younger ones thats fast eluded me for literal hours. I tried leaving it alone and waiting for it to wander by the coop but it kept eluding me when I came out. It finally got dark and it was roosting on coop roof and I got cocky thinking it was half asleep so I went to grab her and she flew off and eluded me and my dad again and ran into the forest on the side of our house. I went looking for her and although I know the general direction she went I still can't find her.

So my main question is will she come back to coop or not since it is dark now?? And what should I do? I have lost one chicken to some animal about a month ago and a neighbor saw a fox this morning in my neighborhood.

 

[samanthaoverton]

She should come back if you have had her there for a while. Chickens are creatures of habit and return to where they are safe or think they will be..but if there is a critter...you get the idea. Do you have fish net with a long pole and a flash light?

 

[all by me onesies]

I have some chickens and they accidentally got out so I tried to catch them and put them up but one of the younger ones that's fast eluded me for literal hours. I tried leaving it alone and waiting for it to wander by the coop but it kept eluding me when I came out. It finally got dark and it was roosting on coop roof and I got cocky thinking it was half asleep so I went to grab her and she flew off and eluded me and my dad again and ran into the forest on the side of our house. I went looking for her and although I know the general direction she went I still can't find her.

So my main question is will she come back to coop or not since it is dark now?? And what should I do? I have lost one chicken to some animal about a month ago and a neighbor saw a fox this morning in my neighborhood.

Usually they come back to their coop because they know that that is a safe place. So what I would say is, don't try to put her in the coop. Just wait till morning and see if she is back, if she is then let her go in by herself

 

[3KillerBs]

If your bird makes it through the night she will probably come home to her flock in the morning.

My escapee, Red, did: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/red-got-away.1509376/

 

[Seamus Lafferty]

Thank you all i just found her. She was at the base of a tree beneath some thorns. She fought me like crazy thinking I was some predator and in all my years of owning chickens I have never heard one yowl like this.

 

[all by me onesies]

Thank you all i just found her. She was at the base of a tree beneath some thorns. She fought me like crazy thinking I was some predator and in all my years of owning chickens I have never heard one yowl like this.

So glad you found her!

 

[Seamus Lafferty]

My sister heard her screaming from inside the house. I didn't know they could scream that loud

 

[Seamus Lafferty]

So glad you found her

Thanks