To Catch a Chicken

[Mrs. K]

yep that is it, and really it is so quick, they don't get too upset.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Huh. If little miss Bryony doesn't figure out what to do and when, I may just invest in one... or make one, if I can find the wire. And it doesn't hurt them at all?

 

[animallover2019]

most chickens will bow down if you put your hand directly over top of them as a way of saying "okay you can pick me up" they also will do this as a mating pose or if a predator is threatening them. its basically a way of saying "fine" if your shy chickens wont seem to agree to doing this, then at night (while they are roosting) would be the best time to catch them!

 

[Chickassan]

Girl, it is just an un-twisted wire clothes hanger, the hook is the part that hangs on the rod.
And you won't hurt them unless you're way stronger than I imagine.

Huh. If little miss Bryony doesn't figure out what to do and when, I may just invest in one... or make one, if I can find the wire. And it doesn't hurt them at all?

 

[Aunt Angus]

Girl, it is just an un-twisted wire clothes hanger, the hook is the part that hangs on the rod.
And you won't hurt them unless you're way stronger than I imagine.

Maybe I'll find myself a wire coat hanger...

And I'm the frickin Hulk when the little biddies give me attitude - LOL!

 

[Mrs. K]

No, the part that hangs on the rod would be what you hold in your hand. You want a V shaped part to snag the chicken leg in.

 

[Chickassan]

Lol! No wonder you need this hook!

Maybe I'll find myself a wire coat hanger...

And I'm the frickin Hulk when the little biddies give me attitude - LOL!

 

[so lucky]

Oh my gosh, my first and only attempt to getting chickens off the roost at night would have been a "America's Funniest Home Video" winner.
I was going to take a pair of Black Copper Marans to sell in the morning, so I tried to get the roo and a hen off the roost about 10:30 one night. I was going to store them overnight in the coop in a plastic tub with plenty of airholes. The roo was especially mean and suspicious of me, and woke up immediately, ready for a fight. I tried talking to them softly, but the light scared every body, and they all started squawking and flapping. I caught the hen and put her in the tub, but she kept forcing the lid back up. Even my girls I had had for years acted like I was a masked murderer. I finally grabbed the roo, probably by one leg and a neck, and managed to get most of him in the tub. I pushed him and his lady friend back in and slammed the lid down. I had to put a concrete block on the tub lid to keep them from escaping. They settled down immediately, but my blood pressure was through the roof by that time. I felt so bad that it had gone so wrong, but probably the most injured party was me.
This was the roo that had attacked me every time I went outside, and made my life miserable for a few months. Still, I did not to want hurt him or upset the others unnecessarily. (And yes, I did warn the buyer that the roo was mean.)
I have been determined to never have a rooster again, but darn it, it looks like my new batch of girls may have at least two cockerels, out of eight birds.

 

[ValerieJ]

I will tell you this, my mother in law found in her barn, a chicken hook. You use it to snag a leg and pull the bird towards you. It really works quite well, I will try and get a picture.

I've seen one of those. Scary to me. Seems like you could injure a chicken with it. I have a net and I can tell you even that seems dangerous to me, so I don't use it.

 

[Mrs. K]

I was a bit nervous the first time. I didn't know if it would work, if I would do it right. In fact it worked so well, that I had the bird in hand almost before either of us knew it. I have used a fishnet, and wound up with everything terrified and flapping around in hysterics.

The hook, I had the bird in my hand so quick, that the others didn't even run. Incredibly effective, no injury to me or the bird. Works slick.

Mrs K