Love reading all the varied responses to this great article. As always every breed and every individual bird within a breed responds differently toward different adults and different children. Stay "tuned in" to your baby birds and you'll eventually learn to trust each other at your own paces, My farm Mom always said baby chicks were delicate -- some were hardy but some might die right away. I heeded that advice to be careful about 3 baby chicks we brought home from the feed store (picked up on the same day they had arrived from a hatchery shipment) a couple years ago -- but after Day 1 in a kiddie pool the little Dominiques were ready to jump around, explore, and run to us when they saw or heard us talking to them! I wanted to be calm and leave them alone but those little buggers couldn't wait to jump and peck at our feet and beg for fresh chick feed in their feeder even though it was already filled! Just never know what kind of personality new chicks will display!
