What do i use to catch my chickens when they escape

the day we got our 1st 6 babies i started calling to them (peep peep) and putting food in a cup and shaking it at the same time to train them and now all i have to do is walk outside they know. but food in a cup and shaken should bring any stray runnin.
 
I have one hen that decides to explore outside of the extremely large fenced area. She must fly over. And then run along the fence to get back in. So i usually go around her and walk her back to the gate. Leaving it open enough for her to get in. You have to watch the other birds don't decide to try the escape. I have a sign on the gate that says, "please keep the gate closed. No matter what the hens say"!
I just haven't decided to clip her wings yet. Seems too limiting in the event she needs to fly.
 
The net IS stressful for them, to an extent (I’d put foxes and raccoons as more stressful for example). They CAN be injured, but it’s not ever happened to us, and a tween here has done a lot of the catching. But, once caught once or twice in the net, they avoid it wholeheartedly. So, it is VERY effective at herding them.

we’ve employed the treat scenario too, but some of the hens don’t want to go in for the treats. And, when trying to get the wayward one or two back in, the gate needs to be open, and some of the others come back out. But the sight of the net approaching keeps them wary, and much less likely to leave the run.

In the mid summer, when the latest chicks are a few months old and full of their youthful energy, they stay out and are hard to catch and don’t want to go in right away to roost. So, they get net caught a couple of times, removed gently and placed in the coop through the pop door. After a couple of times, they avoid it and it’s a “chase”, except we are walking. They walk the other way...eventually they figure out they can avoid the net by going into the coop! Success!

good luck, whatever you do!
 
Well, it's pretty simple. I'm always very nice and quiet to my chickens so I don't startle them. And I spend as much time as possible with them when they are growing up so they get used to me and my voice. I never chase them or scare them, and they know I bring them treats. :)
Ya I don't have any treats
 

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