Hello! my hen, FrenchFry, left the coop yesterday and went across a small strip of pond into my neighbors yard. We spent hours into the night from the late afternoon trying to get her to come back but she just stays in that area. We watched her try to get across the pond every time my rooster, PopRocks, would crow but she just didn't seem to understand to go around the way she got there. She usually has a tendency to get out and go roam within a few feet of the coop but this is over hundreds of feet away. They all have been trained to go in at night but she never returned. This morning we got up and saw her in the same exact spot doing the same exact thing, foraging until PopRocks would crow which would prompt her to attempt to cross the pond and give up. What can I do? She won't come to us, she runs in circles instead of back to the coop/our yard. I'm worried for her safety. I didn't see any eggs over there but they just started to lay within the past week. This is my first time owning chickens and I just want them to be safe.
FrenchFry is a Silver Laced Wyandotte
PopRocks is a Black Sex Link
I didn't know if it mattered the breed but that's what they are.
FrenchFry is a Silver Laced Wyandotte
PopRocks is a Black Sex Link
I didn't know if it mattered the breed but that's what they are.