How to catch a rooster?

[NatashaRodriguez]

Their is two roosters in my backyard. I've been trying to catch them because their are stray dogs in my yard and they have killed a lot of them and their the only two left so I need to catch them.

 

[Mrs. K]

use a 5 foot fish net, the kind for scooping out fish of a lake. Works a charm.

 

[bobbi-j]

If you can't get close with the fishnet, watch where they go to roost at night. If you can safely reach them, you can pick them off the roost then.

 

[Newfarmer36]

Their is two roosters in my backyard. I've been trying to catch them because their are stray dogs in my yard and they have killed a lot of them and their the only two left so I need to catch them.

Good luck! Lol the only way I can catch mine is after they go in the coop for the night.

 

[mountainbunny]

I always use dried mealworms to lure my hens back into the coop. You could try baiting them with the worms and the netting them.

 

[WhatAboutBob?]

Nothing more for me to add to this, you have some wonderful advice/ideas to work with!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

If you can't get close with the fishnet, watch where they go to roost at night. If you can safely reach them, you can pick them off the roost then.

A long pole or narrow board with a short X-piece on one end is the way to go. I use to have one about 25 feet long made out of an old fiberglass hot stick that was used by the electric company to turn the juice on and off while the linemen were working on the lines. After dark and once all the chickens are in 'bed' just nudge the sleeping bird's breast just in front of it's feet and it will put both feet up on the X-piece. Then gently lower the bird to your or your helper's level and you have him or her caught, no climbing or falling involved. IOW, Easy peasy as apple pie. I have likely caught an 18 wheeler worth of game chickens using this method.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

If you try to play tennis or badminton with a chicken using a dip net for a racket the chickens will soon become as wild as a March Hare. Good luck then getting anywhere within a city block of them.

 

[Maeschak]

use a 5 foot fish net, the kind for scooping out fish of a lake. Works a charm.

I use a large landing net (for fish) with an aluminum handle. After you get the hang of it, I've found I can loft the net over a chicken from a pretty good distance! So if the handle of the net isn't long enough, trying lofting/throwing the net ring over the bird. I can catch them that way (for seriously skiddish birds) from a good 10-15 feet away... But my handle is aluminum so it is pretty light.