haventadog Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 hey have strated sitting on the roof of the shed - which is a bit of a pain but not the end of the world. So I went to get them off and the Cockerall flew up and is now on a high branch in the tree. It is now cold, and chucking it down and dark. Both tyhe Cockerall and I are drenched. Have tried everything but no luck. What am i suppossed to do now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 he's probably safe up there, praps best to leave him til the morning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haventadog Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 don't seem to have a lot of choice but it is really chucking it down and he is not partic sheltered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Shine a torch and rattle the treats bowl, it might lure him down. You could try an anglers net (I have to catch one of my girls with one ), but it won't be so easy up a tree. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockADoodleDoo Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 depending on height you could shake the tree and try to get him to jump down. Cockerals are generaly better flyers that hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haventadog Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Thanks for advice. I finally got hhim off by putting one leg on the shed roof, one on the ladder and pulling the branch down by about 5 foot. It took me another 10 minutes to find a way of picking him up with one arm and not lettinng go of the branc. If I had, it would have bben a very large catapult. He was absolutely drnched and cold. I did think I was going to make an appearance in the Darwin Awards!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 If I had, it would have been a very large catapult. I can understand your anxiety there! Am glad you managed to catch him and hope that he has emerged from his ordeal unscathed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 glad you got him down, how is he this morning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Oh Well Done!! lol at the thought of you and the bird flying through the air if the branch didn't hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lailapet Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Oh I remember throwing wellies and all sorts of stuff up a tree to get the chickens down. They actually slept up there a lot of the summer as they just never got trained to go in the eglu... My fault! the fox got them in the end... But wild chickens sleep in trees so they are following their instincts with no thought of cold and wind and rain - don't they originally come from rain forests? Oh well, glad you got him down, but it could have been a scene from a film!!! Laila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
