My chickens will do the exact thing. I'm handfeeding them and Nutmeg loves to just knock everything out of my hand, and no one will eat them off the ground because they are pretty pink princesses. Then everyone looks at me wanting more!:he
In the gallery I think I tagged you two, but I honestly have no idea how that stuff works:idunno
And it's of my silkie sneezing, because everyone stopped coughing as soon as I try to take a video.
I must have taken more than 50 trying to get one of them to cough...
I love animals as well!
Sometimes they just abandon them for no reason, I had a friend who hatched chicks and the mom didn't take to one of them, so the adult hens were plucking her feathers out. We took her in and she's thriving!
You did a great thing taking in that chick! I bet it took a lot of courage to take him in when you haven't had much experience with chickens in the first place, but it seems you're on the right track and are taking care of him well!
Keep us updated on how he's doing!