I have 4, four week old baby chicks and there is one that will pace up and down the brooder while looking at me. I give them a lot of attention as much as I can and when I do, the one that paces will jump on my hand and climb up my arm. I will hang some fodder inside from my hand while they peck and eat it till it is all gone. At least once a day I pull back the covering and handle them so they get used to me, I also check for poopy butt and mites at least once a week. I dont see her being picked on by the others so I dont think that is an issue. I make sure I give them plenty to do throughout the day so they dont get bored. Sometimes, they get to play in a bowl of dirt and waddle in it, other times they will eat fodder from my hand, other times they will be introduced to a piece of tomato and one time I threw a small bouncy ball in the brooder to give them a bit of excitement.
I used to clean their brooder once a night, right before bedtime, for them but, they have moved into a bigger brooder that is actually a wooden table turned upside down with chicken wire around it at every table leg. I have a old table cloth covering the top so they cant fly out. This sits in my living room where the one in question can see me every day and paces back and forth while looking at me. She doesn't do this all the time, only a few times a day, I will catch her doing this.
I also have noticed her trying to climb up the chicken wire to try to get out it seems.
I dont know what to do, in order to calm her down or is this a normal thing?
Edit: Right now she is perched with the others and they are all quiet.
P.S. These chicks where hatched in my brooder and all were shrink wrapped and had to be helped
I used to clean their brooder once a night, right before bedtime, for them but, they have moved into a bigger brooder that is actually a wooden table turned upside down with chicken wire around it at every table leg. I have a old table cloth covering the top so they cant fly out. This sits in my living room where the one in question can see me every day and paces back and forth while looking at me. She doesn't do this all the time, only a few times a day, I will catch her doing this.
I also have noticed her trying to climb up the chicken wire to try to get out it seems.
I dont know what to do, in order to calm her down or is this a normal thing?
Edit: Right now she is perched with the others and they are all quiet.
P.S. These chicks where hatched in my brooder and all were shrink wrapped and had to be helped