Here's what I would do . I would make a temporary cage one that has a spring loaded door or string pull door. Let them go in and out freely to  the food you will put in there every day for a week or so. Once you see them in there set the door so when they attack the food it triggers the door and shuts them in there. You then either get rid of them, eat them or build a larger pen to keep them in. End of saga 😀

that was my plan i have a cat carry cage ,but then the other one came ,i have people ready to take to a farm , i will just have to try harder,   the roadrunner has nothing on these chickens , 

Hahaha Padi, nah, not quite that drastic, i was thinking on the lines of puting spices around the tree ( black pepper, cinomin ect ect) but i do like Harleys idea.

I thought there would be a name for the other cook by now .......... LOL

new news , the other chicken would come to my place first thing in the morning and stay with patricia  all day ,then as soon as the sun goes down they would go to there seperate houses ,  but the other chicken has not come today and patricias on her own, anyway it looks like something has happend , i was going to try and catch both of them to send to the farm ,but it looks like i will just have to catch patricia.  

If there is a sad ending to this I don't think I want to hear it Joe.  It's Fathers Day, perhaps the dentist is having roast chook for lunch.  mmmmmmmmmmm

I mean the other "chook" not "cook" ...... if only we could edit further down the track than a few minutes !!

Well I guess Spring is in the air ........ Coincidently, 2 of my friends now have a random chook nesting in their backyard - one in NSW another in VIC ....... LOL

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@harley_babes_hoard wrote:
It's fathers day, it's visiting it's daddy, it will be back tomorrow.

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If that's the case then there could be a herd of chooks soon.......................