Re: Catching chickens


"Ted Richardson" <le510r@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: "James Fidell" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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:: Spent far too long this weekend catching a couple of our surplus
:: Indian Game cockerels to despatch them and get them in the
:: fridge/freezer.
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:: Our birds are all free range and see me a few times a day for
:: feeding and collecting eggs, but are far from hand-tame. Even
:: when I'm feeding them some are too wary to come any closer than
:: a few metres. The Indian Games are pretty fast on their feet, too,
:: once they've decided they're going to run.
::
:: What are good ways to catch chickens that are really not interested
:: in being caught?
::
:: James
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: 12 bore
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I see from uk.rec.gardening, you have already thought of
that solution.


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