JM Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 One of our chooks (Bunty) has a habit of sneaking through the fence to next door to snaffle our neighbour’s wild bird food whenever the girls are allowed to free-range in the main garden! So yesterday, I spent quite a while tying netting along the bottom of the fence to stop Bunty. This involved crawling under all the shrubs, plants and trees getting stung by nettles and scratched by branches, getting sore knees and very, very hot. But I did as much as I could, and we have netting along a lot of the fence, apart from one bit which has a big branch across it, so I thought that she couldn’t possibly get through that gap…. I let them into the garden once I had finished, and they all had a lovely time scrabbling away, then I realised that Bunty had gone AWOL… guess where I found her – yes, next door, having a whale of a time under their bird feeders! So that plan worked then didn’t it?!! Back to the drawing board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordelia Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 gnash!!!! on your behalf... dont you just love chickens !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft-boiled Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Don't want to be a wet blanket... But please keep an eye on her even when she's next door! I don't know how observant your neighbours are, but our Pearl was the same - we nicknamed her Hilts (The Great Escape) because of the number of times she ended up in nextdoors garden! Last summer we were sat on the patio and the girls started acting up just as the doorbell went. I checked on the girls while someone else got the door, shouted for them in the garden but only Minnie and Betty came running! I found Pearl next door (luckily our two gardens are joined by a gate) in a foxes mouth! Thanks to a good deal of screaming and cursing on my part the fox departed rather quickly, sans chicken. She survived, but I couldn't imagine if I had ended up losing her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I know exactly where your coming from. I've resorted to keeping Daisy our white star in the eglu and run as try as we might she always went AWOL into the back garden and my veggie patch!!! I felt cruel keeping her in on her own so she has a few days with a friend before I rotate them all again. Seems to be working very well indeed. Also I've had to put three bumper bits on girls with a taste for feathers . . . I can see new growth already!!! Good luck trying to keep her in your garden . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 This takes me back . I had similar problems with Maisie last year .... "The Great Escape - starring Maisie" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
