Sling ideas

[thndrdancr]

Can I get some ideas that might work for a sling for my peateen. I guess he is older than I thought, hatched July 27th. I have his leg taped and he is in a pet carrier on soft rags in house right now but if I could rig a sling I know it would be better. He
Put it out yesterday afternoon, I bet when I was out feeding them grapes' so he was pulling one of those 'snatch and grabs' from the other birds.

He is not overly stressed as he was raised in the house but he is a lil aggravated with being contained.

Thanks everyone.

I have done a sling for baby silkie but never a big old goofy pea.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

I think if you do a search you will find a lot of sling ideas.
I just searched "poultry sling" on google images, and there were a lot of good ideas there.
This one looked useful, but you will see all kinds of sling ingenuity there!





(this pictures are from here: http://scratchandpeck.blogspot.com/2012/10/sick-chicken-or-things-we-do-for-love.html)

 

[Trefoil]

I spent some time looking. This is what I've found:

My cousins used a pair of cotton mens briefs and a piece of dowel. they stuck the chickens legs thru the leg holes, and the dowel thru 2 new holes just under the waist band. good luck w/ your girl.



Sorry I don't remember where I "borrowed" this from.If you find something better, tell us, please. I've looked and there is a lot of talk about slinging poultry but very little actual information on how to do it.

 

[thndrdancr]

Thanks guysl, I do appreciate your help, but I spent 3 hours trying to wrestle Answer into a sling. Your right they Hate it.

He is just at that age where he powerful enough that he flaps out of it. I tried wrapping him like I seen Dr pol on TV do a chicken and that worked real well for about an hour. Next thing I knew he was flying up on my sisters $100 brand new peacock lamp (oh the irony).

I hate to give up on him since he has been real cooperative. That is til i think I have him contained. I can tell u now the sling idea has been thrown out the window. I am not giving up tho!

New 2 peas, what an agreeable bird, I don't even have a chicken that cooperative!!!!

 

[DylansMom]

Thanks guysl, I do appreciate your help, but I spent 3 hours trying to wrestle Answer into a sling. Your right they Hate it.

He is just at that age where he powerful enough that he flaps out of it. I tried wrapping him like I seen Dr pol on TV do a chicken and that worked real well for about an hour. Next thing I knew he was flying up on my sisters $100 brand new peacock lamp (oh the irony).

I hate to give up on him since he has been real cooperative. That is til i think I have him contained. I can tell u now the sling idea has been thrown out the window. I am not giving up tho!

New 2 peas, what an agreeable bird, I don't even have a chicken that cooperative!!!!

I had to keep a younger one from flapping around once a long time ago, and I cut the leg out if a pair of tights, so I had a long fabric tube, slid this down over the body with the wings in the natural folded position, it worked for quite a while, perhaps it would keep him in the sling?