Roo and 2 hens ran away

[SparrowSong]

Last night my roo and 2 of the 4 hens were not in the coop when I went to lock them up (they had been free ranging that afternoon.) I left the door open for several more hours, hoping they'd come back. This morning I heard my roo (he has a very peculiar crow) across the pond in a neighbor's yard, crowing his head off. My son went to fetch him but couldn't catch him, even with treats. The hens were nowhere in sight.

My question is, will he come home on his own? He obviously got over there on his own. I'm worried about him, and the two hens we can't find, and aggravated that he went so far. (It's prob a good eighth of a mile away across the outer banks of the pond.)

 

[Naser]

May be they were chased by a predator, it got the hens but the rooster escaped and so scared to come back

 

[SparrowSong]

That makes sense. I trekked over to where he was this afternoon, and although he wouldn't let me catch him, I did get him to follow me home. Still no sign of the hens.

 

[Kadu]

Once my guineas chased a poor baby rooster all the way to our neighbor's yard...! I'm glad I saw that because I had to communicate (yes, I did the egg song with him, cz that's what he was doing, not crowing) with the rooster to get him to find the coop again. If they run too far they might not be able to find the coop again. It took me a good hour or two of responding every few seconds to get the rooster back near the coop.
Also just a thought, he might be waiting on or near his hens... they can get too protective sometimes... and my rooster never eats treats without the hens. =/ not even mealworms... he calls for them first, and maybe grab one, just ONE once the girls are done...

 

[SparrowSong]

Once my guineas chased a poor baby rooster all the way to our neighbor's yard...! I'm glad I saw that because I had to communicate (yes, I did the egg song with him, cz that's what he was doing, not crowing) with the rooster to get him to find the coop again. If they run too far they might not be able to find the coop again. It took me a good hour or two of responding every few seconds to get the rooster back near the coop.
Also just a thought, he might be waiting on or near his hens... they can get too protective sometimes... and my rooster never eats treats without the hens. =/ not even mealworms... he calls for them first, and maybe grab one, just ONE once the girls are done...

What a sweet rooster, and sweet of you to do the egg song to get him back home.. I think perhaps my rooster didn't want to leave because he was waiting on the missing hens to come back, although the 2 hens that stayed home would "call" to him whenever he crowed. The things we do for love...