Arizona Chickens

[Chikibabymom]

What i did was grab one at a time, then cup it in my hands and blow warm breath on them.. then i think they then thought i was just the warmest most cuddly chicken mama ever. They would come up to me after that... and chased me after that..and flew onto my head after that

When we first got them we would hold them and gently pet their heads until they fell asleep but they never really initiated the contact. Now that they’re bigger they just run like their lives depend on it!

 

[BlueBaby]

This is the largest of the group, she’s an Easter egger (and excuse the hair on the floor )

Small bread crumb's. Chicken's are curious and always looking for something to eat. Start tossing the small bread crumb's out close to them, and then each time you do it throw them a little bit closer to you. In the end, when they know that you have the bread crumb's they will start coming up to your hand to get them.

 

[BlueBaby]

Uh, I was hinting that you might like to add a nice cockerel to your flock!

No, I have 4 boy's over here already, and more are going to be hatching out in time for Easter. Besides, I won't be working with anything that should be barred over here.

 

[Chikibabymom]

Small bread crumb's. Chicken's are curious and always looking for something to eat. Start tossing the small bread crumb's out close to them, and then each time you do it throw them a little bit closer to you. In the end, when they know that you have the bread crumb's they will start coming up to your hand to get them.

So food truly is the way to anyone’s heart! my current chickens recognize the crinkle of the plastic bag filled with worms we give them and start running towards us like crazy, so I’m hoping this will work!

 

[turkey girl 0964]

We are starting to get mayflies, everywhere, and I grab some for the baby turk and his 2 baby chickie friends. They demolish them in like a second.

 

[BlueBaby]

We are starting to get mayflies, everywhere, and I grab some for the baby turk and his 2 baby chickie friends. They demolish them in like a second.

It's fun to watch them when poultry go after the bug's.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

When we first got them we would hold them and gently pet their heads until they fell asleep but they never really initiated the contact. Now that they’re bigger they just run like their lives depend on it!

Im like Elmira.. really they can run all they want, im still going to hug them and kiss them and love them forever and everrrrrr....

 

[Parront]

All of our animals learn the sound of the crinkly plastic bag that treats come in! I like to use the millet that people get for pet parrots, obviously since I have a pet parrot! The spray millet on the stalk, one little ball at a time. The tiny seeds work for chicks as well as cockatiels & African Greys. Dylan will hold one of the millet clumps in her claw and pick each small seed off one at a time like a kid licking an ice cream cone. She is an expert authority on what tastes great to a bird! Millet has about 15% protein, not as fatty as some treats. Of course, just a little as a treat, not a steady diet of course!

 

[turkey girl 0964]

It's fun to watch them when poultry go after the bug's.

They try so hard to eat the earthworms but they are like the size of them so I have to cut it up.

 

[BlueBaby]

They try so hard to eat the earthworms but they are like the size of them so I have to cut it up.

I know what you mean. I was thinking about selling off this group of Dorking's that I have over here, but now I'm thinking twice about it as they eat those black ant's and bee's that manage to get into the run. My Naked Neck's and Aloha's won't touch them.