HELP!!!!!!!!!

[Kiki A]

I have 2 Golden Campine chicks who whenever I let them out of their run they decide to fly out. The problem is we live in a subdivision, and have a forest behind our house. Also, over the past few days they have been flying to the dog side. I can't clip their wings because I'm showing them this fall. I've already tried to put strings up, but they're "acrobats" in the air.

 

[7 Biddies]

What does your set-up look like? I have an outdoor pen for my girls that I've covered with a tarp held down with small bungee cords. Keeps them in, keeps hawks out.

 

[azygous]

Go to the garden supply at the hardware store and ask for a large roll of bird netting. It should cover whatever you are using as a pen.

 

[Kiki A]

Wehave strings that go all the way across the run, horizontally and vertically, but they are so tiny they slip right through the gaps!

 

[haleywolter1999]

I do not know how to help :/ Unfortunately....But, when I got my first chickens, the lady who gave them to me, Officer Ruddick, had a big, blue tarp over the top, being held down by little bungee type cords. Hope this helps

 

[farmguycitygirl]

You can't show a chicken you no longer have. Which is more important, showing the bird, or having the bird?

 

[Kiki A]

I've figured out that if I let them forage and fill their crops in the forest, when I put them back they decide to stay.