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I personally think love is a difficult, if not impossible thing to define. However, my one and only snuggly chicken likes to be on me and have me pet her not at all for food/treats. I give them treats in bowls on the ground or I hang veggies in their coops, but rarely do I feed them treats out...

food might help, but it's not enough. Mine have had food and treats from my hand from day one to no avail. They are always looking for treats from me, but NO PETTING!

TXMom - Sounds EXACTLY, to a T like my chickens. :::sigh::: I think we all got the same advice. Well, at least we all know for the future... I am considering starting a thread to broadcast this advice as best I can so others can avoid the "leave them be, they'll come around, don't push it"...

I, too, have read that they are easy to catch and agreeable when they are sleepy/sleeping. I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard it works. Wendy_Darling - For me, I knew I hadn't held them enough by four weeks and it was too late for mine. I am still trying at 13.5 weeks, but I feel like...

cool cool! Good luck to all of you! You can bet I'll be holding the snot out of all my babies in the future! I am sure you will all be successful. Sure, there will always be the chance that a couple just won't ever like it, but I know for sure that most will come to love being held, loved...

rhondapiper - I did exactly what you are doing - held chick feed in my hand and let them eat from it - they'd run to it and jump on it and eat the feed. But if I tried to touch them, they ran screaming. I was told they would come around. I sat with them for HOURS every single day - talking...

I got the bad advice to not push it and they would come around with time. That is not true. If you want them to be your friends (which was what I wanted with all my heart and didn't get) - pick them up and hold them until they stop fighting and screaming. Do this all the time and most will...