strangeanimal
Songster
I don't know where else I should post this but since this is in fact urgent I see it as an emergency ..
Today one of my hens was stumbling and limbing , this one is hard to catch during the day and has free range besides at night she comes to the coop to sleep .
I already closed the coop counting the hens that have gotten in , I do it manually , have no automatic opener or anything so this is how it usually goes every eve , now a few hours ago I could hear a roo , but I immediately noticed that this was not in the neighbours yard , it sounded too loud , so I assumed a roo just got into the yard but it seems even more ironic .
I always close my coop at evenings , not always at a specific hour I know but that roo was already inside the coop yet he did not crow or anything when the hens entered and the hens also didn't show any other behavior ( what the ??? ) and so I just closed up , locked it and now I'm having the issue there is somebody missing a roo but the worst part is that he is in MY chickens coop ! How can I catch this stranger and without getting harmed because I tried already but he seems to be veryyyy agressive ! My hens are also wining so they are obviously NOT happy with him , I'm pretty worried that if he does not go away right now my hens are injured or anything ... I know this is a funny ' emergency ' but actually it isn't to me
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He tried to jump up on me and so I couldnt get near the hens plus coop is open and I'm not willing to lose my flock again to a predatory animal and the hen that seems to have a small injury on the leg or foot is not to be touched due the stranger in fact
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Is there a way to catch him yet without wounding him because obviously one of the farms is missing their roo and I d like to return the animal too but in one piece ofcourse .
I live in Belgium and it is the middle of the night , so another issue is the fact I just noticed the lights on my neigbours is going on and off everytime he is crowing and he is now crowing more and more yet kept just silent when I was close . Anyone any bright idea to catch him in one piece AND without getting harmed myself ???
Today one of my hens was stumbling and limbing , this one is hard to catch during the day and has free range besides at night she comes to the coop to sleep .
I already closed the coop counting the hens that have gotten in , I do it manually , have no automatic opener or anything so this is how it usually goes every eve , now a few hours ago I could hear a roo , but I immediately noticed that this was not in the neighbours yard , it sounded too loud , so I assumed a roo just got into the yard but it seems even more ironic .
I always close my coop at evenings , not always at a specific hour I know but that roo was already inside the coop yet he did not crow or anything when the hens entered and the hens also didn't show any other behavior ( what the ??? ) and so I just closed up , locked it and now I'm having the issue there is somebody missing a roo but the worst part is that he is in MY chickens coop ! How can I catch this stranger and without getting harmed because I tried already but he seems to be veryyyy agressive ! My hens are also wining so they are obviously NOT happy with him , I'm pretty worried that if he does not go away right now my hens are injured or anything ... I know this is a funny ' emergency ' but actually it isn't to me

He tried to jump up on me and so I couldnt get near the hens plus coop is open and I'm not willing to lose my flock again to a predatory animal and the hen that seems to have a small injury on the leg or foot is not to be touched due the stranger in fact

Is there a way to catch him yet without wounding him because obviously one of the farms is missing their roo and I d like to return the animal too but in one piece ofcourse .
I live in Belgium and it is the middle of the night , so another issue is the fact I just noticed the lights on my neigbours is going on and off everytime he is crowing and he is now crowing more and more yet kept just silent when I was close . Anyone any bright idea to catch him in one piece AND without getting harmed myself ???
