They all knew and trusted me – so I could easily scoop them up and do whatever was needed.
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I don't even try to catch my chickens outside. I'm too old for that shit.
I keep my pullets inside their coop until they start laying in there and that becomes their safe spot. Once I do let them free range, I let them out just after daybreak and then at dusk whenever I go back out to lock them back up for the night to keep them safe from predators, they're already in their coop roosting.
If I do need to catch one during the day, I just get behind them and kinda herd them back to the general direction of their coop and they'll run inside to their safe spot, making it much easier just to pick up the one I want.
