Pullet stuck high in the hedge

[deepbluesea]

I swear, you can't make this stuff up. Last evening, while everyone else was hanging out with me on the deck, my two isbar pullets decided to make like wild jungle fowl and work their way up into my hugely overgrown hedge.

When the time came to make our way back to the coop, one of them, Zelda, jumped down and joined the rest. Margie, meanwhile, didn't budge. I went to try to talk her down and she was peeping but didn't move. I ended up having to leave her up there.

This morning I went to let everyone out and she's still up there. The others are calling to her, so hopefully she'll find her way down before I get home. I don't want to try to climb up there--the vines are a mess.

 

[Lauren Kim]

Have you tried luring them out with food? Mealworms are a chicken's favorite treat.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Seems like time for a wing clip. And find their favorite treat and bribe her.

 

[deepbluesea]

Have you tried luring them out with food? Mealworms are a chicken's favorite treat.

Oh yeah--tried shaking the meal worm pack. Brought everyone else running, but she just clucked. Sigh.

 

[deepbluesea]

Seems like time for a wing clip. And find their favorite treat and bribe her.

Yep, probably time. The isbars can fly all the way across the yard. First ones I've had like that.

 

[Rubysword]

Do you have a stand alone ladder? If she's still up there at this point, you're probably just going to have to climb up and get her.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

lol, but no picture??

 

[Smuvers Farm]

 

[deepbluesea]

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I know! I'm going to go home at lunch and try to get her out if she's still up there. The ladder I have is a lean-against one, but my neighbor has every tool known to mankind, so I'll borrow a stand alone.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

My brown leghorn does the same thing she lost her wing feathers due to it. I have a muscovy who did the same and she got clipped i hated clipping her she had the most lovely feathers but when she was hungry she'd fly over the fence and come to my back door.