He’s cute! How funny he looks so skinny with a naked neck. That’s interesting about the screaming when you pick them up. My hybrids started doing that at a week or so when I was too busy to handle them much but then they changed to a happy twert once I snuggle them. They prefer sitting on my hand & jump up on their own.
One freaked out when I caught her to save her from the other hen & I put her back with mom & she trusted me completely ever since. 4/11 never got tame to hold but all eat out of my hand.
My CL rooster was one of 2 that survived an incubator malfunction & then my daughter held him in her shirt for the 1st 8 hours until the other hatched. He always assumed people are part of the flock. They slept in a big aquarium by my bed for weeks before I moved them to the porch. He followed me everywhere , rode on my shoulder, slept in my lap. He knows I won’t hurt him, so I have to lock him in a chick hutch as time out when he gets cocky. Usually he makes a gangster fake lunge at me when I’m feeding the hens (so jealous) & then he runs when I turn to him. Wants to look tough in front of the hens.
His crow isn’t loud but he always does a little soft wind down humming after each crow.
He’s quirky, he gets excited when he sees fresh shavings & calls the hens frantically to show them. He crawls in nests & coos softly like when he’s dust bathing.
He likes me to praise him for hawk warnings & likes me to pet his head above the eye while he falls asleep like when he was little & he snuggles on me in the hammock. But he’s a gangster as well as a momma’s boy, he’s gotta look tough for the girls I guess.
He’s my avatar too at 3 weeks old, I suppose I should update it.
