carrying a chicken

[daddyssteeler]

how are you supposed to hold a chicken?

 

[DTchickens]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=85137

OH, and Welcome to the forum :}

-Daniel

 

[schmije]

We hold ours under our arm on the side - like a football. This holds the wings down so they don't try to flap them, and we put one hand under their feet.

 

[Chamelle]

Depends for me--

For the wilder ones that I know will try to get away, I hold them firmly up against my body with one arm, like I'm carrying a football. I pin thier wings with my arm and let thier legs dangle.

With my tamer girls, like the silkies, I scoop them up with my right hand under thier breast and then transfer them on to my left hand/arm where I let them stand next to my body. They'll usually sit down on my arm, or the palm of my hand and settle in.

That make sense?

 

[daddyssteeler]

yah we just got two new bantum roos and they are not used to humAN TOUCH WHILE OUR POLISH WILL SIT DOWN NEXT TO YOU SO THEIR IS NO NEED whoops i turned the caps lock on anyway there is no need for holding her