Escaped peas

[Anime2lover]

Is she back yet??

 

[Tkpfowl]

Not yet..... guess she had other plans for breeding season

 

[Anime2lover]

Not yet..... guess she had other plans for breeding season

Oh, hope she does return.

 

[Tkpfowl]

So i did see her today.... but no luck catching her. She was about 2 miles from home. She was wondering thru a wooded house lot and my gf and I just happened to see her out of the corner of our eye while cruising on my side by side. By the time we pulled in the drive she was long gone. It seems as soon as she sees us she high tails it in the other direction.

I bought her as a 2 yo purple hen but she seemed to be smaller than my other 2yo hens and I questioned wether or not she might have a little Spaulding in her. @KsKingBee mention Spaulding birds seem to be a little higher strung, and I know Spauldings tend to be slower growing as well, could explain her having no interest in breeding. I feel as tho I may have lost a much more desirable bird than I realize.

 

[KsKingBee]

Last year I had a young hen that was socially unacceptable, she thought she had the run of everyone and everything until a yearling cock ran her off the property. We found her hanging around about 3/4 of a mile away. She had been tame enough to feed by hand but she had lost all interest in being friendly after almost a week of being out on her own. I spent a couple of hours trying to walk her home slowly but every time we got about half way home she would fly back to where we found her. All I could do is say, 'Well, we tried.' Two days later she was at the pen gate wanting in to eat. Two miles is a far piece and she may be lost but it couldn't hurt to get within earshot of her and play recordings of a cock calling or a hen honking her location noise and lead her back home just out of sight.

 

[Dany12]

Let the infrasound spread !
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/secret-signal-peacocks-tail
Peacocks and elephants ... same method!

 

[Tkpfowl]

We’ve tried calling her back home and it seems to do nothing if not push her farther. The other part that’s tough is we don’t know the landowner where we saw her last. I’m still working to figure that out and have them contact us if they see her.