Wild Wyandottes! What should I do?

[birdlover2]

You know what? Why am I still on byc?! I have some convincing to do!

Good luck!

 

[Aha76]

You know what? Why am I still on byc?! I have some convincing to do!

If you do catch them, remember to quarantine them from your current birds. Good luck!

 

[NatJ]

The wyandottes will let me get around three feet from them, then they will slowly go the other direction.

So just herd them. Choose where you want them (maybe a fenced area with a gate that closes). Then walk such that when the chickens walk away from you they are going toward the place you want them. Keep it calm, walking not running. Having a helper or two might help, but only if everyone stays calm.

Once you've got them in an enclosed space, close the door/gate. It's much easier to catch them (or just feed/water/tame them without actual catching.)

Or, if you know where they sleep at night, go grab them after dark.

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

I'm back... couldn't make cookies... no eggs, but then, it's just another reason to get more chickens!

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

If you do catch them, remember to quarantine them from your current birds. Good luck!

Thanks! I have two large dog kennels that I use for that.

So just herd them. Choose where you want them (maybe a fenced area with a gate that closes). Then walk such that when the chickens walk away from you they are going toward the place you want them. Keep it calm, walking not running. Having a helper or two might help, but only if everyone stays calm.

Once you've got them in an enclosed space, close the door/gate. It's much easier to catch them (or just feed/water/tame them without actual catching.)

Or, if you know where they sleep at night, go grab them after dark.

Good ideas! Maybe I could bring our smaller moveable dog kennel for cornering?

I saw the neighbor again, she's actually really nice! She asked if I had any luck with the chickens... she's completely on my side! Maybe if I could get her to talk to my parents about it... that would help!

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

Oooh... another question, can anyone tell how old the birds are from the pictures? My mother made a piont that they may have been abandoned purposefully because they stopped laying.

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

(And I just dropped off a piece of watermelon for them, hopefully they will get a taste for it and be able to be lured.)

 

[ILoveBabySilkies]

Oooh... another question, can anyone tell how old the birds are from the pictures? My mother made a piont that they may have been abandoned purposefully because they stopped laying.

They are definitely of laying age! But I can’t tell exactly so it might be a possibility that they stopped laying but I’m not too sure about taht.

 

[Alyssa-Bee]

Yeah, they don't look like old ladies to me!

 

[eggsandhens]

A net would be a fine idea, though they can be difficult to use and u could hurt them by accident, especially if the holes are big enough to get their necks caught or even some of their toes! I think if you want to use a net u may want to get help from your parents to use it, but I wouldn't worry about them getting tramatized with you catching them by hand, I'd much more be worried about them getting eaten by coyotes before you can catch them! So u should try and do it before tonight.

True, but my grandma has caught wild young hens and they never laid eggs for her because they were traumatized. Just a thing to think about. And you obviously wouldn’t use a net with too big of holes.