Re: Catching chickens

Ted Richardson wrote:
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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.
::
:: 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.

Indeed, though I used an air rifle in this particular instance -- I'm
not really into picking shot out of my food.

Looks like the way to go is to make a set of single-bird wire cages with
a hole in large enough to get my hand into and then transfer birds to
those overnight. Time to plan for that yet then, as there'll be no more
to dispatch until I see how many cockerels we get from the eggs in the
incubator at the moment.

James
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