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Hi there,
I'd just like your opinions on how you all catch your chickens. I hate chasing them, but i really want to get to the point where theyre happy being caught. I have tried taking them out of their bed, but unless i leave it quite late, they're all still awake! I can get two of mine to hop up onto my knee for dried worms, but only done that a couple of times, and im so chuffed they do that, i dont want to upset them by catching them!
Anyway, its great talking chicken to you all!

My technique involves roping in the help of one or two others and opening the coop in the morning a little. As the birds come out they are deftly nabbed by the people waiting and the coop closed. They are dusted, inspected etc, then the process repeated.

Easiest way is to just open the door to the coop and grab them off their perch one at a time. Alternatively use a butterfly/fish net with a padded collar or you can get a special 'crook' which is usedto hook them round the neck and no it doesn't hurt them.

Easiest way is to just open the door to the coop and grab them off their perch one at a time. Alternatively use a butterfly/fish net with a padded collar or you can get a special 'crook' which is usedto hook them round the neck and no it doesn't hurt them.

Oops, stick finger - sorry

when dusting or handling i get a piece of plywood or netting and walk them into a corner then lean over and pick the bird up and treat it no fuss no stress to me or the birds i use the same method when catching chicks when i m moving them to the growing quarters most of all there s no panic and u can do it without any help and the person doing it is the same one that they see every day good luck TC