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I just sat in the run with a cuppa and a book and chilled out there for ages several times during the days, and a few times I caught her with firm hands (making sure she had nowhere to run so we didn't have the "chase/flap" thing going on. Then I held her on my lap stroking her gently and...

SUCCESS! I've spent a couple of days working with her, and here's the result. :)

This is why I want to be able to handle them. I'm not into having "lap chickens" but I think it's important that I can handle them to check out potential illness or injury without having to go out after dark when I won't be able to see (no power down that end of teh yard and I'm old enough that...

Hmmm... that's what I was afraid of. I already have one adult hen that I have to handle when she's asleep because even food won't get her close enough to grab LOL. Looks like I'll be spending a bit of time sitting in the run with a cuppa and a good book.

I'm noticing the different personalities of the new chicks becoming more obvious each day. (They are 4 weeks old now) Freckles, the Ancona, is great at being picked up. She'll approach me, sit or stand quietly in my hand when I pick her up, will stand in front of me and let me reach out and...