socializing

  1. PinkLadyLVT

    Best foods/treats to encourage bonding with new chicks?

    What are your favorite foods/treats for very young chicks (several days old) to begin the bonding process? Currently they won’t eat from my hand yet but I know that will change with time. This is my second chance at keeping chickens and I want these babies to be as sweet, social, and loving as...
  2. Phanata

    I plan on getting a new quail should I tame the new quail first? or socialize her with my other quail so they get along first before taming

    The other Quail is a tame female coturnix quail named Oak, last year her only friend another female quail died, we planned on getting her another quail but decided not to, recently I haven't been able to give her all of my attention and I know Oak gets lonely and she is a social bird, so we plan...
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    • coturnix courtnix courtnix quail pet quail pet quails quail quail advice quail as pets socializing taming
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    • Forum: Quail
  3. BzKneez

    Socializing chicks

    It's been awhile since I've raised chickens from baby chicks. I'd like for the chickens to be friendly and used to being around people. My older hens are very friendly. The chicks are 3 weeks old and I have them housed in a large cage in my guest bathroom right now. I also have two dogs and two...
  4. tacothechicken

    How to make a loft bird a house bird?

    Hi guys! So this month we decided to sell our homer flock to a couple who wanted their first birds after finishing their own loft. I decided this due to the increasingly constant hawk threat(I see it every other day now and it killed 3 birds that got out when I was gone for 2 weeks) and the fact...
  5. Kimberlass

    Will a chicken and a duck keep one another company?

    I currently have three chickens - the county allows 4. They also, however, allow ONE duck. Seems pretty silly to me because I imagine ducks are social creatures like chickens? Anyway, I’ve been thinking about the next couple of years when my chickens slow down on egg production. I’m not going to...
  6. Miss Carcajou

    Advice for winning my ducks over?

    I know, I know... The way to my ducks' hearts are through their stomachs. Let me tell you, they do come running up once they realize I've got a cut of tomato or perhaps some greens. But they also get some good cardio running away the moment I shift positions or go to grab more food. My ducks...
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    • ducklings ducks ducks behavior socializing treats
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
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