These little buggers want nothing to do with me unless I bring cheese, then they'll swarm my hand and run off after all the bits are gone. Petting? Cuddling? Picking up? Not a chance you crazy person!
They're Old English Bantams currently creating giant messes in my living room tupperware until they're old enough to go outside in a couple weeks. Is this normal for chickens? I raised Barred Plymouth Rocks in my 4H youth, and I remember them being much more docile about handling under similar conditions. A breed difference?
Options: Keep gingerly hand-feeding them and hope for the best? Scoop one up at a time for enthusiastic force handling while ignoring desperate cheepy struggles? Leave them alone? I do want/need them to tolerate being approached and picked up to look over for mites/injuries/etc. when they're adults but don't know the best way to go about this.
Thanks!
They're Old English Bantams currently creating giant messes in my living room tupperware until they're old enough to go outside in a couple weeks. Is this normal for chickens? I raised Barred Plymouth Rocks in my 4H youth, and I remember them being much more docile about handling under similar conditions. A breed difference?
Options: Keep gingerly hand-feeding them and hope for the best? Scoop one up at a time for enthusiastic force handling while ignoring desperate cheepy struggles? Leave them alone? I do want/need them to tolerate being approached and picked up to look over for mites/injuries/etc. when they're adults but don't know the best way to go about this.
Thanks!