No I actually pick up the chicken, sit them on my back porch swing next to me and swing while I pet and talk to them. Chickens love to swing. My 3 big girls get in the other back porch swing I have in the evening and swing themselves hunting it is time for them to get in their house for the night.
New member but not new to raising chicks. I currently have 15 chickens. 3 are 5 years old (Black Sex Link, Buff Orpington, and Americana). The Americana is the only one still laying.
This summer I bought 10 new chicks (4 White Leghorn, 2 Golden Sex Links, 2 Plymouth Barred Rocks, and 2 Blue...
I bought 2 Grey Leghorns from TS also, but could not find any information on them. Mine are really Blue Leghorns and one has the black feathers on the neck and the other has golden feathers. I have handled mine since they were babies and I am able to pick each one up. I also have 4 white...