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Mealworms, any type of cooked pasta, scratch, seeds like pumpkin seeds, unsweetened cereals, etc. Put it on a board on the ground to start with. When they get used to eating it off the board, hold the board in your hand and let them eat from it. When they get used to eating from the board in...

Drumstick diva is correct. We've tamed our chickens using them treats; not enough to be unhealthy, just enough to train them to eat from our hands, and then to be picked up. :o)

You're welcome. Our Easter Eggers tolerate being handled, but they don't really like it either. Despite their reluctance in being handled, they are still my granddaughter's favorites (or so she says) because of their colored eggs. Conversely, she has made lap pets out of our Black Australorps...

I love Black Sex Links. They are my favorite chickens; hardy and friendly, egg laying machines. I've raised them for years, and they have been my best layers, consistently churning out more than 300 eggs per hen per year. Black Australorps are my favorite, standard breed (BSLs are hybrids rather...

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. What kind of chickens do you have?