Okay, amateurs..how do YOU catch your rooster....

[columbiacritter]

22 rifle.

 

[xyresicchick]

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this is how i catch mine too!

 

[savingdogs]

It is easier with a couple people if you have to catch him during the day. Back into a corner where you have a dog crate with an open door waiting.....have your helpers work together to herd him into it.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Most of ours we can just corner up and grab, or either just pick them up. A fishing net on a pole works really well.

 

[PunkinPeep]

Day or night, if i can get them into the run or into the coop and shut the door, then i can corner them. A large leaf rake is sometimes helpful to get them into the enclosure, such as the coop. Food is also a nice distraction so they don't notice you're trying to catch them.

But if i have the option, i'll do it at night too.

 

[grendel]

I wait until he tries to flog me then i catch him.He jumps into my hands.

 

[TK Poultry]

Most of mine I just send my sister out to catch. She is 11 so everything is like her pet most of them ride on her shoulders and everything else, but I do have the occasional crazy and I use a net to catch them its quick, easy, and has minimal stress

 

[Gerbil]

Mine run over to me, their Delawares I love'em.

But in the past there was one snotty rooster, we waited for nightfall and grabbed him off his perch.

 

[mmaddie's mom]

#1 way... wait 'til night and get him on the roost in the dark.

#2 way... I have a big green fish net.

Glad you have a home lined up for him!

 

[HB&B]

Ours always roosts in our window seal. We just grab him when he goes up for the night. If he's lively I hold both feet with one hand and he doesn't flop around. If its day time I corner him up against something tall. It's quite an ordeal getting him though.