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No problem! I hope it works for you!

My chickens and one of my turkeys perches on me too, but if they suddenly decide to fly off then that claw leverage hurts lol. Ive found that this way (the one in the picture) works to pick them up without scaring them, as they can still get away. I know this because all of them are calm except...

How I avoid getting scratched with my chickens is I will slide my hand under their front and tuck their legs between two of my fingers so they can't kick and theyre still upright, and I'll either tuck them under my arm or cover their wings with my other hand. I try to avoid picking them up from...

Its okay a lot of people mistake it for them being comfortable, and some might be! But for a lot of them, if you've ever seen a dead prey animal such as a bird or rabbit, (depending on the predator), most of the time their guts are torn out. Ive heard that when they are flipped over like that...

I know its pretty bad to lay chickens on their back as the reason it calms them is it triggers kind of a "freeze" fear response, so I wouldn't be comfortable holding them like that. Though I'm not an expert, this is just things I've heard from the internet and others who have studied birds. No...