Good to know thanks!!! And I’m gonna practice that “not training them to be reactive” thing with my birdsNo more than chickens do.
You're training them to be reactive when you back off while they're still scared. Stand still near their cage, but don't look at it and keep your attention on something else. When they stop freaking out and start behaving normally, reward them by slowly stepping away and disengaging entirely. Like everything else I say, this is just the way I do it and not guaranteed to work for others... yadda yadda yadda
^^^ this!! Well put. They also have a cascading pressure response starting at the top rather than the bottom or middle; their negative reactions are instantaneous and intense. For lap taming CPs, I avoid picking them up in a secure hold unless absolutely necessary. Instead, I make sure they won't fall more than a foot or so, and simply keep scooping them up onto my hand again and again until they stop protesting. It avoids triggering their flight reactions and makes for an easier experience in the long run.
My CPs perk up when they hear the sound of a violin. The males often crow incessantly as an accompaniment.
my chicks always freak out haha I usually do wait till they come back out of hiding but not always. My budgies though I back off when the one jumps away from me. 
Sometimes they’ll be eating when I walk by and she jumps back and I back off.
I don’t want her to starve 
