Apparently, sseabass, I'm unique in the world -- but before we go on: there are a number of BYC citizens with more experience raising chicks. The thing I have to offer is that the chicks I interact with are wild.
So, Google 'Lake Muir, W.A.' To the south of my keyboard, it's 50 miles to the...
I have tamed a number of wild chicks over the years (‘mating season in australia’ and ‘planet rothschildi’)
Endless investment of time
Remain still/move slowly
Talk quietly
And I wouldn’t hold her feet. There’s a ‘cradle thing’ you can learn: first and second fingers touching above and below...