Does anyone have a chicken who protests to being held the usual way we hold them, tucked under your arm at your side with your arm OVER her wing?? My Barred Rock hates being held this way?? She'll fuss and fight and wriggle about until she gets her wings free!! She doesn't mind if you hold her like you would a parrot, with her feet just resting on your arm. This drives me crazy cause she can easily jump off when I'm transferring her from the coop in our closed in lanai, to the far corner of the backyard which is past the pool and around the decking AND the wooden deck as well, to their enclosed pen... MUCH too far a walk for her to do without getting distracted and darting off to the rest of the yard, a NO NO as there's lots of landscaping, plants, shrubs etc., some of which could possibly be harmful or even poisonous to chickens!! I've tried letting her try to walk and find the way, even with me tempting her with food... doesn't work!! Any idea how to get her to accept being carried the traditional chicken way?? Lol
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