- Jul 9, 2013
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I got 3 new chickens to add to my flock, 2 hens and 1 rooster. The 2 hens have already settled in and ate doing great. I got all 3 of them about 2 months ago and my rooster that been in my flock ever since I started the flock hated him immediately. He does perfectly fine with my 2, 6 month old roosters and treats them like hens but took a disliking to the newest rooster. So the newest rooster (Woody) escaped 3 days after I purchasing him and has been living on my property mostly in my horses pasture for 2 months and he bolts into the woods every time I come outside. I don't know what he's been eating most likely foraging in the woods and getting water from the creek. During the night he sleeps in trees I've tried to catch him while he sleeps but he changes trees every night. A courple days ago I had him cornered I between the house and near the pool and deck and the chicken coop which I had opened to allow him to run into if he came running that way. But I was outside by myself and didn't have my phone on my and I needed someone to blck one side and ended up just yelling for someone to help and I even through a few monkey balls at the roof to get there attention and that didn't work so I ended up giving up. So does anyone have any ideas on how to catch him, trap him, coax him in? I need HELP!!