"How to Bond with Chicks"

interesting idea would this help to make more frienly chickens or are u kinda scaring them into submition?

It's not scaring them - it's making them feel safe.  Kind of like a chick huddling under a mama's breast feathers.

That will probaly come in really handy when I get my very first order of chicks in I and so scared one of them will die though!

holly chicken, I was really scared too, but my babies are now 3 weeks old and doing great, I am going to have to try the hand hold that is described because several of my babies still cry a lot when I hold them. I managed to calm a couple down yesterday by allowing them to hide / snuggle in my jacket I was wearing, and was even able to pet them when they were in there. I think that jacket will become my chick holding attire!

Thats how I hold my babies too. Two of them natually just huddle down and get comfy and pretty much fall asleep as soon as I pick them up. My SLW is a spunky thing and keeps pecking and picking on the other ones and my EE gets all flighty and scared but will tolerate me holding her. 

I have found that if you cup your hands around a chick, and make little clucking noises close to it's head (like a momma hen would do) they really like it! They always calm right down, and quickly fall asleep. After a few days of doing this, my chicks always think of me as their momma! Its cute :)

I've been doing the same thing (cupping my hands around them) and my little chicks settle right in. I also blow on their heads and kind of chirp at them. Not sure why I'm doing it, but they just snuggle when I do. When I put them back down in the brooder, I lower them on an open palm and they don't scurry away. They sit on my hand for a moment or two before rejoining the melee. I love these little chicks. My first ever.

We've found that the more you play with them, the more they love you. It takes patience and calmness.

And worms...