Climbing Poland Cockerel

[pebojuno]

My poland cockerel has taken to climbing a 6 foot vertical chain link fence- He scales it with his feet, like a rock climber and flaps his wings slightly for momentum - quite clever really

However, he does insist on climbing into a pen which has 3 lovely legbar ladies and one rather large cream legbar boy- so far he has managed to escape being battered but I'm sure there will come a point where the legbar has enough of the odd looking intruder! Also, if he decided to climb a different fence he'd be loose in a field and an easy target for Mr Fox.

I have tried clipping one wing- but he still managed his climbing feat. So at the moment he is in a covered run while I ask you for some ideas!

Strangely, I caught a 3 week old poland chick (Who has never even seen his father) climbing up the chicks outdoor, weld mesh run the other day- it got about a foot and a half up in just the same way as it's dad! :lol:

Hope someone has some ideas- I wouldn't mind him staying in the covered run but there's no grass in there!

Nicky

 

[Anonymous]

A wire or rope around the run about a foot from it and half way up the fence may stop him by not giving him a clear "run "up the links

 

[dawn]

Sorry, no ideas but it did make me laugh. I'd love to see him do it. :lol:

 

[girlracer265]

:lol: sorry can't help i'm giggling too much, i need to see a video
my son says you have a new rare breed of climbing polands :lol:

 

[pebojuno]

Thanks travman- Will try it when I move him back into the uncovered pen!

Dawn and Girlracer- It is quite funny watching him do it- Especially the look of him when he sees he's in the pen with the legbar cockerel ( who luckily is very relaxed!)- Will have to charge more for his offspring and sell eggs on ebay of the rare "Pembrokeshire Climbing Poland" :lol: