How to catch a skittish rooster

[Chatychick]

That looks like scale mite and you can treat it with vegatable oil and all you have to do is brush it on and while you are at it I would treat the whole flock witht he oil . The mites dont bother the chickens but eventualyy will cripple them as the mites eat on the scales of the legs and cause them to lift and get hard. I got some that had them and treated them with veg. oil...all gone and not much work either. yep your best bet is to try to catch him at nite. Good Luck

 

[Pine Grove]

Once he is caught WD-40 will work as good as anything

 

[arlee453]

Well, I don't know exactly how to catch a skittish rooster, but I do know how to catch a unique one.

You 'neak up on it...

OK, OK - bad pun, I know it, but it's late and I couldn't help myself!

Susan

 

[Freebie]

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Ok, how do you catch a tame one?

The tame way.

 

[Dawn419]

DH and I bought a pool net from Lowe's for $20.00, worked perfectly when we moved most of the Banties over to the main coop and run.



Dawn

 

[cheepchicks]

Ok..not sure but I think that last post was meant to go somewhere else? I will try catching freebie up over the next several days. He is a tricky one.


Just to put everyones mind at ease. Freebie does not live with the other chickens. The turkeys he live with seem to be unaffected by this trouble he is having.

I really wish drunken neighbor guy would just take him back. Well no nevermind ...poor Freebie he is much happier here with us.

 

[Dawn419]

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I was letting you know that we use a pool net to catch our chickens...thought it was self-explanatory, guess not.

 

[SpottedCrow]

I think those were jokes...

I've used nets to catch the escapee Zebra Finches at work. And some of the littler Parrots.