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What does your mos thing look like a hat ? or a tent
Hooray for Cooped Up Chick and Iklik's new eggs!
Our new girls are settling in. Still nervous, but not as much as they were. I even got them out for a couple of hours at the end of the day yesterday in a large dog portable pen, just so they could get some fresh air and scratch around in the grass. They loved it! Catching them each time to put them in and out was not so fun for either of us, but the pen isn't done yet, so if I want to get them out, this will have to suffice for a little while. They have to get used to be being handled anyway.
TOB
Heres a few suggestions
Is there grass near the coop ? Put the portable run in front of the chicken out door .
Or do you have wire or fencing ? Do a quick extension to make it connect ( nothing permanent ) .
If you let them out late afternoon / early eve ..
They want to roost & go to bed ...most times they will go in by themselves .
My girls liked to stay out later till almost dark ..till we got a Rooster ..he makes sure they get in before dark
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Or set with them before you are ready to catch them ..Bribe them with treats ..to get them to come to you ..grab them & hand them of to your DH
A piece of grape , bread , apple , banana , greens
Or feed them before dark ..they will know to come in the coop for food .
Or you can herd them ..
( think like a chicken ! put your arms up like they are wings ..if they are going to the left ..put you left arm out ,,right arm down or opposite ..
When they are moving the way you want put both arms out ..( Like a chicken running ..LOL )
(Hens are easier to catch than little roos ...they are quite crafty at dating back & forth .) Im pretty sure we have ONE !
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Conrats on the egg ...What a Beautiful Hen ! The feather pattern kind of looks like a Monarch Butterfly ..what is she ?
