robinwhiskers
Songster
- Aug 13, 2017
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We have 7 chicks that are 11 weeks old....3 Buff Orpingtons (one is a roo), 2 Easter Eggers, and 2 Barred Rocks. One of the Orps, her name is Jagger, used to be very friendly towards people. When the chicks were indoors in a brooder for their first few weeks, Jagger would fall asleep purring on me. When the chicks were a little older, they were in a dog crate on our porch and I'd take Jagger into an enclosed room in our house to bond with her individually. She'd follow me around, fly up on my legs, my shoulder, sit on my finger when I told her to, etc.
The chicks are now in the coop and Jagger doesn't come to me or voluntarily hop on my finger like she used to. She will still fluff up when I call her a pretty bird, but she doesn't seem to care about me at all now.
Why could this be and how could I make her more interested in me? I plan on showing her perhaps when she's older and maybe harness training her and taking her places like Tractor Supply Co. but now I don't know how we'll get to that point.
The chicks are now in the coop and Jagger doesn't come to me or voluntarily hop on my finger like she used to. She will still fluff up when I call her a pretty bird, but she doesn't seem to care about me at all now.
Why could this be and how could I make her more interested in me? I plan on showing her perhaps when she's older and maybe harness training her and taking her places like Tractor Supply Co. but now I don't know how we'll get to that point.
She's just being a teenager. Eventually most birds come to like the flock more than the caretaker. As a kid I had a human imprinted gander who followed me every where. That is until he was about 3 years old and I bought 6 goslings. It took him 2 days to realize that he was a goose and not a feathered human.
